Nikko Landeros
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Nikko Landeros (born April 28, 1989) is an ice sled hockey player and paralympic freestyle skier from the United States.
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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Nikko Landeros at the X Games (archived)
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- Nikko Landeros at Vancouver 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived April 30, 2010)
- Nikko Landeros at Sochi 2014 at the Wayback Machine (archived March 16, 2014)
- Nikko Landeros at USA Hockey at the Wayback Machine (archived August 4, 2016)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle skiers
- American sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- X Games competitors
- American people of Mexican descent
- Sportspeople of Mexican descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey
- Sportspeople from San Francisco
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