Shinobu Fukushima

Shinobu Fukushima
Personal information
Native name	福島忍
Born	December 14, 1956 (age 68); Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ice sledge hockey
Position	Goaltender
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Team	Nagano Thunderbirds
Medal record
Men's para ice hockey
Representing Japan
Paralympic Games

Shinobu Fukushima (福島忍, Fukushima Shinobu, born 14 December 1956 in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture^[2]) is a Japanese ice sledge hockey goaltender. He was part of the Japanese sledge hockey team that won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.^[3] He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics at age 61.^[4]

He became paralyzed following a motorcycle accident at age 24.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "福島忍". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
^ ^a ^b "福島忍". Japan Para Ice Hockey Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
^ ^a ^b "Shinobu Fukushima". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
^ "Meet Shinobu Fukushima, the 61-year-old grandpa who plays ice hockey at Winter Paralympics". The Economic Times. 2018-03-17. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2019-12-03.

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