Nikko Landeros
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Nikko Landeros (born April 28, 1989) is an ice sledge hockey player and paralympic freestyle skier from the USA.
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.
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16 March 2010 17:00 |
United States | 6 – 0 (2-0, 2-0, 2-0) |
Japan | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,468 |
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Steve Cash (Out 30:00) Mike Blabac (In 30:00) |
Goalies | Mitsuru Nagase (Out 34:10) Shinobu Fukushima (In 34:10) |
Referee: Petter Vojan Hegle | |
Adam Page (Yohe, Jones) – 1:05 Greg Shaw (Lipsett) – 12:01 Alexi Salamone (Yohe) (PP) – 20:13 Taylor Lipsett – 28:22 Joe Howard (Chace) – 34:10 Nikko Landeros – 38:54 |
1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 |
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
19 | Shots | 6 |
18 March 2010 19:00 |
United States | 3 – 0 (0-0, 2-0, 1-0) |
Norway | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,204 |
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Steve Cash | Goalies | Roger Johansen | Referee: Paul Boese | |
Greg Shaw (Pauls) - 23:48 Taylor Chace (Salamone) (PP1) - 25:35 Joe Howard (Landeros, Salamone) - 41:59 |
1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 |
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
10 | Shots | 12 |
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