PERNHEIM Nicolina

Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: GOTHENBURG

Birth Country:

Sweden

Place of residence : GOTHENBURG

Residence Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -63 kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -63 kg Quarterfinals #11 UKR HUSIEVA IHUSIEVA Iryna Sport Class: B2 10 IPP SWE PERNHEIM NPERNHEIM Nicolina Sport Class: B1 1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -63 kg Final of Repechage A #29 SWE PERNHEIM NPERNHEIM Nicolina Sport Class: B1 0 RPC POZDNYSHEVA OPOZDNYSHEVA Olga Sport Class: B2 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Women -63 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Women -70 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN
7	Women -63 kg	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
5	Women -63 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
5	Women -63 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
12	Women -63 kg	2010	Antalya, TUR
European Championships
3	Women -63 kg	2019	Genoa, ITA
3	Women -63 kg	2017	Walsall, GBR

Nico (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Reading, sailing, skiing, baking. (paralympic.org, 25 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Physiotherapist

Physiotherapy - University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden

Partner Ben Goodrich

Languages spoken:

English, Swedish

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Ben Goodrich is a Para judoka and has represented the United States of America. He won silver in the +100kg category at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline,09 May 2021)

2007 for Sweden (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

She took up the sport in 1994. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

She enjoyed the sport. "Judo is the best thing in the world." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 25 Sep 2020)

She trains in Gothenburg, Sweden, and says she has been focusing on technical details in preparation for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I feel that it's important to work on the small technical details. I don't have a problem with the strength and conditioning, it's the details I need to work on. I need to make everything work together. Mental things are not the ones stopping me." (paralympic.org, 25 Sep 2020)

Philosophy:

"Judo is more than a sport. It is a lifestyle based on humility, respect and training hard." (judonicolina.blogspot.com, 30 Mar 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (Instagram profile, 18 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born with a severe visual impairment and lost her sight completely during adolescence. (judonicolina.blogspot.com, 30 Mar 2019)

General
OCCUPATION
During the COVID-19 pandemic when competitions were on hold, she began focusing on her studies and started working as a physiotherapist with visually impaired children. "I have always been able to train outside and at least I was able to have some normality. I was also training at home. I was focusing on other parts of life more - for example on school, which helped me to get better grades, and I got a new job. I am a physiotherapist, working with kids with vision impairment. I found a job that I'm happy with. I still need to finish my master's studies until 2022. I need to keep myself busy to not overthink. I like reading and I live very close to the sea and love sailing. I have been sailing since I was a baby and I enjoy it a lot." (paralympic.org, 25 Sep 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/nicolina.pernheim
https://instagram.com/judonicolina/
Athlete Website: http://judonicolina.blogspot.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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