Jake

Adicoff

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 4-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 3 silver)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2022, gold (4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed), silver (1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 20km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men), 6th (12.5km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men)
• Paralympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, silver (10km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men), 4th (1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men), 5th (20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men), 7th (4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed)
• Paralympic Games Sochi 2014, 6th (20km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed), 7th (10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men), 8th (1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men), 14th (7.5km Sprint - Visually Impaired - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – gold (1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed), silver (10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 18km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men)
• Years of participation: 10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 18km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed 2023; 2022; 1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men 2022; 20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2022; 4 x 2.5km Relay Open - Open 2022
• Medals: 7 (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
• Gold – 2023 (1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed); 2022 ()
• Silver – 2023 (10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 18km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men); 2022 (1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men)
• Bronze – 2022 (20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men)

Quick Facts

Adicoff has been a cross-country skier since he was in the second grade
• He was initially introduced to the sport in 2002 through the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Junior Nordic Development team
• Adicoff, who is legally blind after incurring chicken pox in utero, has experience in both alpine and Nordic skiing
• Adicoff has spent most of his competitive career racing in an able-bodied field, having competed in two junior national championships in 2011 and 2013. It wasn’t until the made the 2013-14 U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Team that he fully shifted his focus to Sochi and the Paralympic Winter Games
• He is a recipient of the 2011 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Dave Quinn Award, which honors athletes who exemplify the ideals of cross-country skiing, including a love of the sport, a strong work ethic, and overcoming hardship
• Son of Sam Adicoff and Sue Conner
• Has one brother, Willie
• Hobbies include hiking, pottery and thrift store shopping.