Benjamin "Ben" Goodrich (born November 26, 1992) is an American

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. He competed in the Men's 100 kg event in the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics where he won a silver medal. He also participated in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games as a member of Team USA. His fiancé

Nicolina Pernheim Nicolina Pernheim (born 22 August 1991) is a blind Swedish Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. She is a triple European champion in the women's middleweight category and has participated at the Summer Paralympics three ...

is also a Paralympic judoka, they got engaged in 2020 and are now married.

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* 1992 births Living people Paralympic judoka for the United States American male judoka Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota University of Minnesota alumni Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games 21st-century American people {{US-judo-bio-stub