Jens Kask

Jens Kask (20 April 1966 – 15 January 2011)^[1] was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player.^[2] He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden,^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

He died in his home outside of Stockholm in January 2011, at the age of 44.^[5][6]