Jenny Öster Hall

Jenny Öster Hall competes across judo, jujutsu and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, as Sydnärkenytt described the Vretstorp athlete in 2023. Finding suitable opponents at home could be difficult. In 2016, SVT reported that she had received the Sören Gunnarsson award of 20,000 kronor. She planned to spend it on training and competition abroad. Ahead of the 2017 para-judo championships in Cologne, she measured her performance by whether she had done her best. International competition also meant meeting friends from other countries and practicing English. Her training crossed disciplines during the week, with jujutsu followed by Sunday judo in the group led by her father, Roger Berger. A two-week exchange in Riverside in 2018 gave her experience of another training environment. Her mother, Yvonne Berger, told SVT that the American sessions were stricter than the more playful approach they knew in Sweden. She regarded the training as successful. By 2019, Öster Hall described five weekly sessions: three with the ordinary adult jujutsu group, one in judo and another devoted to championship preparation. Duo was a new challenge. In Annie Bondefelt’s interview, she spoke of feeling both excited and nervous before competing, and of respecting opponents rather than assuming she would beat them. Jonathan Broberg’s 2019 report traced her inclusion in the jujutsu national team through a para competition in Malmö, Michael Kuntz’s initiative and contact with her father-coach. With Nathalie Frisk, she learned duo through Isabella Sarfati programs that their coaches adapted. Öster Hall enjoyed the preparation for championships as well as competing. Their only scheduled opponents did not start at their 2019 para-jujutsu duo debut. The pair performed a demonstration and were awarded gold afterward. In Kumla in 2023, she rehearsed with Isabelle Sarfatti: ten movements assessed by judges, including defense against a plastic knife. They were preparing for a July trip to Ulaanbaatar. A knee injury preceded another sporting challenge. By August 2026 she was training powerlifting at Hallsbergs Atletklubb. Sydnärkenytt described her interest in its demanding technique as she prepared for a debut in Malmö. She hoped taking part would encourage other para-athletes to try something new. The powerlifting federation subsequently confirmed that she had competed for Hallsbergs AK in bench press and deadlift at Malmö’s Special Olympics Sweden Invitational Games.