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His achievements across singles, doubles, triples, and precision shooting have earned him recognition as a \"Stor Spelare\" (Great Player) by the Svenska Bouleförbundet, a lifetime honor reserved for the sport's most accomplished national-team contributors.",[18,100,102],{"id":101},"career-overview","Career Overview",[96,104,105,106,109,110,113],{},"Nilsson's signature achievement came in ",[45,107,108],{},"2011",", when he completed a run of three straight SM Singles titles - a first in the tournament's history. The decisive final came against ",[45,111,112],{},"Jimmy Löf"," of Halmstad Petank, which Nilsson won 12-8 in a match that ended in unusual fashion: Löf's final shot struck and knocked out Nilsson's own scoring boule.",[96,115,116,117,120,121,124,125,132],{},"Nilsson has also excelled in team formats for ",[45,118,119],{},"Coccinelle Pétanque Club",". In 2010, he partnered ",[45,122,123],{},"Joachim \"Pimmen\" Andersson"," and ",[45,126,127],{},[128,129,131],"a",{"href":130},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fjessica-johansson","Jessica Johansson"," to win the SM gold medal in Open Triples - the most coveted team title of that year's championship. He returned to the top of the podium in 2016, winning SM gold in Singles and, partnering Andersson again, in Doubles, while also taking a third-place finish in Mixed Triples and Mixed Doubles (with Linda Bengtsson) that same year.",[96,134,135,136,139],{},"Shooting has been a consistent strength throughout Nilsson's career. He won bronze in ",[45,137,138],{},"Precision Shooting"," at the 2009 Men's European Championship and holds the Swedish national record in the discipline with 51 points - a mark that has stood for years. He added the domestic SM Precision Shooting title in 2016, giving him golds in three separate disciplines (Singles, Doubles, and Precision Shooting) in a single championship.",[18,141,143],{"id":142},"playing-style","Playing Style",[96,145,146],{},"Nilsson's combination of individual precision-shooting excellence and sustained singles dominance points to a complete, self-reliant game rather than a specialist reliant on teammates. His three-peat in SM Singles - a format that offers nowhere to hide - together with a Swedish precision-shooting record that has lasted years, are the clearest evidence of a player equally comfortable attacking from distance and grinding out a tournament run on his own.",[18,148,150],{"id":149},"achievements-and-honors","Achievements and Honors",[152,153,154,161,167,173,179],"ul",{},[155,156,157,160],"li",{},[45,158,159],{},"\"Stor Spelare\" (Great Player)"," - Swedish Boule Federation, honoree #30",[155,162,163,166],{},[45,164,165],{},"First three-time consecutive SM Singles champion"," in Swedish petanque history (2011, third title)",[155,168,169,172],{},[45,170,171],{},"European Championship bronze, Precision Shooting"," (2009) - Swedish record, 51 points",[155,174,175,178],{},[45,176,177],{},"SM gold, Open Triples"," (2010), with Joachim Andersson and Jessica Johansson",[155,180,181,184],{},[45,182,183],{},"SM gold, Singles, Doubles & Precision Shooting"," (2016)",[18,186,188],{"id":187},"legacy","Legacy",[96,190,191],{},"Rickard Nilsson's three consecutive SM Singles titles remain a standalone entry in Swedish petanque's record books - no other player had managed the feat before him. Combined with a European precision-shooting medal, a Swedish national record that has endured for years, and a \"Stor Spelare\" honor recognizing his sustained contribution to the national team, Nilsson's career stands as one of the more complete records in the modern Swedish game, spanning individual brilliance and team success alike.",{"title":193,"searchDepth":194,"depth":194,"links":195},"",2,[196,197,198,199,200,201],{"id":20,"depth":194,"text":21},{"id":93,"depth":194,"text":94},{"id":101,"depth":194,"text":102},{"id":142,"depth":194,"text":143},{"id":149,"depth":194,"text":150},{"id":187,"depth":194,"text":188},"Rickard Nilsson profile: the Coccinelle Pétanque Club shooter who became the first player to win three straight Swedish Singles titles, plus a 2009 European precision-shooting bronze.","md",[205,208,211,214,217],{"question":206,"answer":207},"Who is Rickard Nilsson?","Rickard Nilsson is a Swedish petanque player from Coccinelle Pétanque Club in Malmö. He was the first player to win three consecutive Swedish Championship (SM) Singles titles and holds a Swedish record in precision shooting, and is recognized by the Swedish Boule Federation as a 'Stor Spelare' (Great Player).",{"question":209,"answer":210},"What is Rickard Nilsson's three-peat achievement?","He became the first player in Swedish petanque history to win the SM Singles title three years running, sealing the third in 2011 by beating Jimmy Löf of Halmstad Petank 12-8 in the final - a match that ended when Nilsson's own boule was knocked out by Löf's final shot.",{"question":212,"answer":213},"What is Rickard Nilsson's record in precision shooting?","He won bronze in Precision Shooting at the 2009 Men's European Championship and holds the Swedish national record with 51 points. He also won the SM Precision Shooting title in 2016.",{"question":215,"answer":216},"Has Rickard Nilsson played alongside Jessica Johansson?","Yes. In 2010, Nilsson partnered Joachim 'Pimmen' Andersson and Jessica Johansson to win the Swedish Championship gold medal in Open Triples for Coccinelle Pétanque Club.",{"question":218,"answer":219},"What does 'Stor Spelare' mean?","It is a lifetime honor from the Svenska Bouleförbundet (Swedish Boule Federation) awarded to players who reach 100 senior national-team matches and 150 accumulated points, with bonus points for World and European Championship medals. Nilsson is honoree number 30 in the award's history.","🇸🇪","\u002Fimages\u002Fplayers\u002Frickard-nilsson.png","2026-08-14",{},"Sweden","\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Frickard-nilsson",{"title":5,"description":202},"players\u002Fen\u002Frickard-nilsson",[229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237],"rickard nilsson","swedish petanque","svensk boule","coccinelle petanque club","stor spelare","precision shooting","shooter","sm singles","malmo",0,"VewDxVspruoX7jTIRboWByRUltyqJRxBXQEhhEUeMXk",1790080187357]