Rico Roman

Rico Roman
	Roman in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	February 4, 1981 (age 41); Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Education	Alpha High School
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Club	San Antonio Rampage
Medal record
Men's para ice hockey
Representing United States
Paralympic Games
World Championships
USA Hockey Sled Cup

Rico Roman (born February 4, 1981) is an American gold medal ice sled hockey player and Purple Heart recipient from Portland, Oregon who competed in 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.^[1]

Early life[]

Roman, who is of Mexican American descent, graduated from Alpha High School in 2000 and joined United States Army soon after.^[1] His left leg got amputated after he hit an IED while serving in Iraq^[2] in February^[1] 2007. After the injury, one of the personnel^[3] have suggested him to join the San Antonio Rampage sledge hockey club where he later played from 2009 to 2011 seasons.^[1]^[4]

Career[]

In 2012 he joined Dallas Stars which he helped by winning the . From 2011 till now he serves on the and was a winner of the . In November 2011 he became a silver medal recipient at the IPC World Sledge Hockey Challenge and next year won gold at the same place, following by another silver in 2013. In 2012 he was awarded with a gold medal by winning the and next year won a silver one at the same place.^[1] Prior to sled hockey he was quoted saying:

They asked me to come out and play sled hockey, and I was like, I don't come from a hockey state. I'm from Oregon. We don't play hockey there. How many Hispanics do you see playing hockey?

^[5] In 2014 he got another gold medal, this time at Sochi Paralympics.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Rico Roman". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ Eliza Murphy (February 5, 2014). "Wounded Veteran Goes from War to US Paralympic Sled Hockey Team". ABC News. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ Amanda Shalala (March 11, 2014). "Rico Roman leads United States sledge hockey team at Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi". ABC. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ Krtistina Puga (November 6, 2013). "One-legged vet, new to sled hockey, to compete in Sochi 2014". NBC Latino. =NBC. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Tess Scott (March 14, 2014). "Veteran Goes for Gold With Sled Hockey Team at Paralympics". ABC News. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ Doug Williams (January 24, 2018). "My Focus: How Rico Roman Helps Keep The U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team In The Right Frame Of Mind". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2018.