Nikko Landeros

Nikko Landeros

Landeros in 2015
Personal information
Born (1989-08-28) August 28, 1989
San Francisco, California

Nikko Landeros (born April 28, 1989) is an ice sledge 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.

Biography

 Nikko Landeros and U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey teammate Tyler Carron began their careers in Paralympic sport together after being injured in the same accident. The two were close friends and teammates on the Berthoud High School wrestling team. As high school juniors on the way home from a school dance, Landeros and Carron were changing a tire when they were struck by a vehicle and pinned between two SUVs. As a result of the accident, both Landeros and Carron became bilateral amputees. Landeros, who had played hockey for much of his life, encouraged Carron to try sled hockey, and the two were soon teammates once again. With Carron, Landeros played on the Colorado Avalanche sled team from 2008–13, helping the Avalanche capture both the inaugural 2010 USA Hockey Sled Classic presented by the NHL and the 2011 USA Hockey Tier II National Championship. Landeros made his first U.S. National Sled Hockey Team in 2009; Carron, who began on the developmental squad, joined Landeros on the national team one season later. In addition to wrestling and hockey, Landeros’ previous athletic pursuits also included playing nose guard on the Berthoud High football team.

References

    16 March 2010
    17:00
    United States 6 0
    (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
    JapanUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
    Attendance: 5,468
    18 March 2010
    19:00
    United States 3 – 0
    (0-0, 2-0, 1-0)
    NorwayUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
    Attendance: 5,204


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