Jiro Nihei

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Jiro Igor Nihei
Born 9 March 1971
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 172 [1]  cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Played for Japanese National Hockey Team
Playing career 1988-1989 [1] –2006-2007
Medal record
IPSC
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
IPSC Rifle World Shoot
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Karlskoga Manual
IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 KarlskogaManual

Jiro Nihei (born 9 March 1971 [2] in Stockholm, Sweden) is a practical shooter and former professional ice hockey goaltender. In 2019, Jiro Nihei took gold in the Manual Open division at the 2019 IPSC Rifle World Shoot. [3] [4] [5] In 2017 he took Gold in the Manual division at the Nordic Rifle Championship. He has also been competing in the IPSC Production handgun division.

His professional ice hockey career began in 1988 playing for AIK IF in the Swedish Hockey League. He then mainly played in the Swedish Division 2 until 2001 when he again played in the top Swedish Hockey League, this time for Djurgårdens IF. Jiro went on playing in the Asia League for the Japanese Cranes Team.

Jiro has also participated in various international competitions with the Japanese National Hockey Team. [6] For example, he was on the Japanese U20 Team in the 1989-1990 season and was on the Japanese national team at the 1998 Ice Hockey World Championship. Notably, he played for Japan against Finland and the Czech Republic at the 2004 IIHF World Championship. [7]

Jiro's twin brother Taro  [ ja ] has also played ice hockey professionally as a forward. Their father is Japanese and mother Finnish. [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jiro Nihei at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
  2. ↑ "Jiro Nihei • Players • Hockey Archive". hockeyarchive.info.
  3. ↑ "Kostade Djurgården tio poäng – nu är han världsmästare". www.expressen.se.
  4. ↑ IPSC :: Match Results
  5. ↑ "Jiro från Järfälla sköt sig till dubbla VM-guld – Mitt i Stockholm". Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  6. ↑ Jiro NIHEI - Olympic Ice Hockey | Japan
  7. ↑ "Jiro Igor Nihei". hockeygoalies.org.
  8. ↑ "Suomalainen sushikokki Japanin maalissa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 April 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019. ... Jiro Nihein, 32, äiti on suomalainen Hannele. Jirolla on niinikään Japanin maajoukkueessa pelannut kaksosveli Taro.
  9. ↑ Ros, Tomas (6 February 2002). "Matchvinnaren: en japansk sushikock". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2019. Jiros pappa är japan och mamman är från Finland.
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