Jens Kask

Jens Kask (April 20, 1966 – January 15, 2011)Medlem avliden (Swedish), Brf Ekebo, January 20, 2011 was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player. He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden,Swedish handicapped sports profile and was captain of the Swedish team for many years. He served as his country's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony.
When Kask was ten years old, he climbed up on the roof of a parked train, where he got an electric shock. As a result, he had to have both his legs amputated.
He died in his home outside of Stockholm in January 2011, 44 years old.Jens Kask är död: "En av de bästa" (Swedish) Aftonbladet, January 20, 2011Death of Paralympian Jens Kask, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 24, 2011
==References==
*Athlete Search Results - Kask, Jens, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
==External links==
*pictures at shif.se
*pictures at talleesavage.wordpress.com
Category:1966 births
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Category:Paralympic sledge hockey players for Sweden
Category:Swedish sledge hockey players
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Sweden
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Category:Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
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Category:Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey