Jens Kask (20 April 1966 – 15 January 2011)[1] was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player.[2] He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden,[3] and was captain of the Swedish team for many years. He served as his country's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony.[4]
When Kask was ten years old, he climbed up on the roof of a parked train, where he got an electric shock. As a result, he had to have both his legs amputated.[5]
He died in his home outside of Stockholm in January 2011, at the age of 44.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Medlem avliden Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), Brf Ekebo, 20 January 2011
- ^ "Jens Kask". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Archived 23 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swedish handicapped sports profile Archived 27 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010.
- ^ a b Jens Kask är död: "En av de bästa" (Swedish) Aftonbladet, 20 January 2011
- ^ Death of Paralympian Jens Kask, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 24 January 2011
External links
edit- Jens Kask at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jens Kask at Handikappidrott.se (archived) (in Swedish)
- pictures at shif.se
- pictures at talleesavage.wordpress.com
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