GOODRICH Ben

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
9	Men +100 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
5	Men -100 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
9	Men -100 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Ben (Facebook profile, 25 Dec 2020)

Playing beep baseball, hiking, cycling. (teamusa.org, 01 June 2016)

Athlete

Accounting - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Partner Nicolina Pernheim

English

His partner Nicolina Pernheim is a Para judo athlete who has represented Sweden internationally. She competed in the 70kg category at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing and in the 63kg category at the 2012 and 2016 Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Apr 2021; Nicolina Pernheim Facebook profile, 02 Apr 2021)

He first tried judo in 2011 when he took a physical education elective course at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (teamusa.org, 01 Jun 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 31 Dec 2020)

He trains twice a day, focusing on strength and conditioning in the morning and judo in the afternoon. (Shaklee Pure Performance Team Facebook page, 28 Dec 2020)

"I am passionate about being the best I can be. I push myself to the limits in sport. I hit speed bumps along the way but they don't hold me back. I am a hard working individual that brings a lively 'can do' attitude to any place I go." (LinkedIn profile, 21 Apr 2020)