Jonas Jerebko was the first Swedish basketball player to make it to the NBA. The 25th of June, Detroit Pistons drafted him.
Jonas was born in a very small village called Kinna, 2,9 miles south of Borås. There he played for Marbo Basket before Plannja Basket signed him 2006. He played for Plannja one season, (Plannja is a team in Luleå, the town we live in) and then moved to Italy to play for Angelico Biella in the Italian Serie A. He had two very good years in Italy and became a big role model for basketball players in Sweden. It was a great success when he got drafted, he showed that it was possible to make it to the NBA even though you’re from Sweden.
Jonas has been doing good in the pre season and recently played the NBA premier for Detroit. He played 6 minutes, he didn't score, but he took 2 rebounds and picked up 2 fouls.
Susanna Kallur – Athlete
Susanna competes in sprint hurdles. She was born in New York, because her father played ice-hockey in NY Islanders. She lived there for five years, then she lived in France and Italy for one year each before her family moves home to Sweden.
Susanna started training athletics in 1996, and 1998, she made a breakthrough when she came third in the Junior World Championship. She went to the Atletics school in Falun and after that she spent 3 years on the University of Illinois in USA.
Her personal best on 100 meter hurdles is 12.49.
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