| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Norway |
| Born | 13 June 1970 Lillehammer, Norway |
Medal record | |
Eskil Hagen (born 13 June 1970) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player. He won medals for Norway at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, 1998 Winter Paralympics, 2002 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics. He also played in the 2014 Winter Paralympics. [1]
The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994. These Games marked the second time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics and with the first with the same Organizing Committee, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Ice sledge hockey, which became an immediate crowd favorite, was added to the program.
Norway participated in the ninth Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.
The first IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held March, 1996 Nynäshamn, Sweden. Participating countries: Canada, Estonia, Japan, Norway, Sweden and United States. Japan made its debut at the World Championship.
Norway sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A total of 27 Norwegian athletes competed in four disciplines; the only sport Norway did not compete in is alpine skiing.
Loyd Remi Johansen is an ice sledge hockey player from Norway. Also known as Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, he was on the silver medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, as well as the bronze medal winning team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.
The Norway national ice sledge hockey team is the national team that represents Norway at international ice sledge hockey competitions. Since 2004, the team has been overseen by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF) a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Thomas Jacobsen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.
Helge Bjørnstad is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.
Stig Tore Svee is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.
Morten Værnes is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player and Paralympian.
Atle Haglund is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player and ice sledge speed racer. He lost both his legs in a traffic accident at the age of eight.
Roger Johansen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player. He is a keeper, and plays for Oslo KHK.
Bradley Bowden is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player.
Billy Bridges is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small. He competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, in Para ice hockey winning a silver medal.
Norway competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.
Canada competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway from March 10 to 19, 1994. 34 athletes competed in all four sports: alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, ice sledge speed racing, and Nordic skiing.
Corbin Watson is a Canadian Paralympic ice sledge hockey goalkeeper whose team won 3–0 against Norway and received bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Previously, he participated at the 2013 IPC World Sledge Hockey Championships where he and his team won gold medals. An amputee, he lost his lower right leg following a car crash in 2006. Following the accident he joined Canadian sledge hockey team called Windsor Ice Bullets 2 years later in Windsor, Ontario where he was inspired by Ray Grassi, his teammate. In 2009 he won a gold medal at the Défi sportif tournament.
Yu Man-gyun is a South Korean sledge hockey goalkeeper who used to be a wheelchair basketball player. During his career, he scored 2.66 goals and did .815 percentage of saves. In 2013, his save percentage was .894 despite the fact that his team lost 5–2 to Canada at the 2013 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. In 2012, he won silver medal at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships which was hosted at Hamar, Norway. Yu was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
The Para ice hockey competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Gangneung Hockey Centre, South Korea, from 10 to 18 March 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the mixed team tournament. Lena Schrøder from Norway has become the second female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games after Britt Mjaasund Øyen.
Norway sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.
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