Nikko Landeros
Nikko Landeros (born April 28, 1989) is an ice sled hockey player and paralympic freestyle skier from the United States.
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| Born | August 28, 1989 San Francisco, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2-0 in the final. He was also on the team USA in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, which won gold by beating Russia 1-0 in the final.
He and his best friend Tyler Carron had an accident when they were 17. Both lost their legs. His father is a native of Mexico and his mother is from Milan, Italy.[1]
References
- "Latino Athletes to Watch in Sochi". mom.me. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
External links
- Nikko Landeros - USA - Para Ice Hockey at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nikko Landeros - Sled Hockey at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Nikko Landeros at Vancouver 2010
- Nikko Landeros at Sochi 2014
- Nikko Landeros at USA Hockey
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