Jens Kask

Jens Kask (20 April 1966 – 15 January 2011) was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player. He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden, 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.

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.

He died in his home outside of Stockholm in January 2011, at the age of 44.

References

  1. ^ Medlem avliden Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), Brf Ekebo, 20 January 2011
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ Swedish handicapped sports profile Archived 27 August 2010 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. ^ a b Jens Kask är död: "En av de bästa" (Swedish) Aftonbladet, 20 January 2011
  6. ^ Death of Paralympian Jens Kask, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 24 January 2011


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