Bradley Bowden (born May 26, 1983) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player.[1]
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| Born |
May 26, 1983 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1999–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editBorn in Mississauga, Ontario, Bowden lives with sacral agenesis. He began playing ice sledge hockey in 1997, aged 13, for the Kitchener Sidewinders. At the age of 15, he was selected for Canada's national team. In 2003, he was named to the men's national wheelchair basketball team which eventually won gold in the 2004 summer Paralympic games in Athens, Greece. He is one of the few Paralympic athletes to win both a Paralympic gold medal in both summer and winter games.
Honours
edit- Canadian Disability Hall of Fame induction in 2019[2]
- 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Bronze in ice sledge hockey
- 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Bronze
- 2010 Winter Paralympics
- 4th place in ice sledge hockey
- Named Tournament MVP
- 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Bronze
- 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Gold
- Named Best Forward
- 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Gold in ice sledge hockey
- Scored Game Winning Goal
- 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Gold in wheelchair basketball
- 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- 4th place
- 2002 Winter Paralympics
- 4th place
- 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Gold (2-1 against Norway)
References
edit- ^ "Brad Bowden". Hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian Disability Hall of Fame". The Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
External links
edit- Brad Bowden - Canada - Para Ice Hockey at the International Paralympic Committee
- Brad Bowden - Para Ice Hockey at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Brad Bowden at the Canadian Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-10-19)
- Bradley Bowden at Hockey Canada at archive.today (archived 2013-01-15)
- Brad Bowden at Vancouver 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-04-09)
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