Benjamin Goodrich
Sport: Para Judo
Gold: 0 Silver: 1 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: November 26, 1992
Height: 5'11"
Age: 32
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Education: University of Minnesota
Biography
Quick Facts
Competed in wrestling, track and field and football in high school, but excelled in wrestling where he was named the team MVP as a senior, totaling a 35-3 record that season.
Introduced to judo through a physical education class at the University of Minnesota as a freshman in 2011.
- Earned degrees in finance and accounting from the University of Minnesota, worked as a sales tax technician for the City of Colorado Springs while training for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Made his first international team in 2013
- Resides in Sweden where he trains along with his wife, Nicolina Pernheim.
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (100kg - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 9th (+100kg - Men)
Career Highlights
- Parapan American Games Lima 2019, silver medal
- Three-time Pan American Championships medalist
- Three-time Judo Grand Prix medalist
- 2013 Youth World Championships, gold medal
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USA Judo
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 17th (J2 90kg - Men)
- Years of participation: J2 90kg - Men 2022; 100kg - Men 2014, 2018
- Top finish: 5th – 2018 (100kg - Men)
