Shinobu Fukushima | |
Native Name: | 福島忍 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan |
Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Sport: | Ice sledge hockey |
Position: | Goaltender |
Disability: | Spinal cord injury |
Team: | Nagano Thunderbirds |
Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
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is a Japanese ice sledge hockey goaltender. He was part of the Japanese sledge hockey team that won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics at age 61.[2]
He became paralyzed following a motorcycle accident at age 24.[3]