Quick Facts

Parents, Sam Adicoff and Sue Conner
One brother, Willie
Adicoff has been a cross-country skier since he was in the second grade
One of his hobbies is pottery, something that he started to try as part of his senior project in high school

Biographical Information

Jake Adicoff grew up in Sun Valley, Idaho, having been visually impaired since birth, since contracting chicken pox in utero. Adicoff was introduced to cross-country skiing through the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Junior Nordic Development team and spent most of his youth competing against non-disabled fields.

Adicoff was first to the U.S. Paralympic Nordic Skiing national team in the 2013-14 season and made his Paralympic debut at the Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. Four years later, at the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, he won silver in the men's 10km and then retired. In 2021, Adicoff returned from retirement and would win three medals, including gold, as part of the mixed 4x2.5-kilometer relay team at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Since Beijing, Adicoff has won four world titles, including a sweep of the 10-kilometer classic and 20-kilometer freestyle at the 2025 World Championships, and now has 11 world medals.

Off the snow, Adicoff graduated from Bowdoin College in 2018 with a degree in mathematics and computer science and formerly worked as software engineer.

Paralympic Experience

4-time Paralympian; 7-time Paralympic medalist (4 gold, 3 silver)

Paralympic Games Milan 2026, gold (10km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed)
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: 2025 – gold (10km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men), silver (1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed)
Years of participation: 10km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men 2025; 1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men 2022, 2025; 20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2022, 2025; 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed 2023, 2025; 10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 20km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men 2023; 2022; 4 x 2.5km Relay Open - Open 2022
Medals: 11 (5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)

Gold – 2025 (10km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men); 2023 (1km Sprint Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed); 2022 ()
Silver – 2025 (1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men, 4 x 2.5km Relay Mixed - Mixed); 2023 (10km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men, 20km Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men); 2022 (1km Sprint Classic Style - Visually Impaired - Men)
Bronze – 2022 (20km Freestyle - Visually Impaired - Men)

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