Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SB-LL2 |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Avon, CO, USA |
Languages |
English |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began snowboarding at age three. "I learned how to snowboard before I could ride a bike." |
Why this sport? |
Snowboarding was his favourite sport prior to his accident, and he wanted to return after recovering. |
Club / Team |
Adaptive Action Sports: Copper Mountain, CO, USA |
Name of coach |
Daniel Gale [club], USA; Bryant Boucher [club], USA |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US snowboarder Jamie Anderson. (therepublic.com, 02 Jan 2019) |
Impairment |
His left leg was amputated as a result of a boating accident in 2009 on Lake Monroe in Bloomington, IN, United States of America. (therepublic.com, 02 Jan 2019) |
Other information |
FUTURE PLANS
After graduating from high school in 2018, he hopes to move to Colorado and start university in 2019. "I am a 2018 graduate from Culver Military Academy in my home state of Indiana. My ambitions are to spend a year in Colorado training to become a Paralympic snowboarder and start working toward a degree in biomedical engineering the following year [2019]." (gofundme.com, 29 Aug 2018) |
