Jens Kask

Jens Kask (April 20, 1966 – January 15, 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, 44 years old.[5][6]

References
  1. Medlem avliden Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), Brf Ekebo, January 20, 2011
  2. "Jens Kask". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08.
  3. Swedish handicapped sports profile Archived 2010-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010.
  5. Jens Kask är död: ”En av de bästa” (Swedish) Aftonbladet, January 20, 2011
  6. Death of Paralympian Jens Kask, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 24, 2011


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