Andrew Yohe
Appearance
Andrew Yohe | |||
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Born |
Davenport, Iowa, USA | July 21, 1978||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Forward/Defense | ||
National team | United States | ||
Playing career | 2003–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Ice sledge hockey | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
Turin 2006 | Tournament | |
Vancouver 2010 | Tournament | |
Sochi 2014 | Tournament |
Andrew "Andy" Yohe (born July 21, 1978) is an ice sledge hockey player from United States. Yohe was team captain[1] at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where the USA defeated Japan by a 2-0 tally to win the gold medal.
Yohe was a competitive roller hockey player for the Bettendorf (Iowa) Young Guns. In September 1994, he lost both legs in an accident, in which he was run over while trying to jump onto a train.[2] From 2003 to 2009, Yohe was a member of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Blackhawks Sled Hockey club.
References
- ^ USA Paralympics - 20 in 10: Sledge Hockey player Andy Yohe
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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Categories:
- Living people
- American sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players of the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- 1978 births
- People who compete in parasports
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics