Andrew Yohe

Andrew Yohe
Born (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Forward/Defense
National team  United States
Playing career 2003present
Andrew Yohe
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ice sledge hockey
Paralympic Games
Turin 2006 Tournament
Vancouver 2010 Tournament
Sochi 2014 Tournament

Andrew "Andy" Yohe (born July 21, 1978) is an ice sledge hockey player from United States. Yohe was team captain[1] at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where the USA defeated Japan by a 2-0 tally to win the gold medal.

Yohe was a competitive roller hockey player for the Bettendorf (Iowa) Young Guns. In September 1994, he lost both legs in an accident, in which he was run over while trying to jump onto a train.[2] From 2003 to 2009, Yohe was a member of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Blackhawks Sled Hockey club.

References

14 March 2010
17:00
Czech Republic 0 3
(0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
 United StatesUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,170
16 March 2010
17:00
United States 6 0
(2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
 JapanUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,468
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