Английская Википедия:Garett Hickling
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Garett Hickling (born September 18, 1970)[1] is a Canadian wheelchair rugby player. He is on the Canada national wheelchair rugby team and has been voted most valuable player at several World Championships (1995,1998, and 2002). He earned a gold medal from the 2002 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden; a silver medal from the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece, and a bronze medal from 2008 in Beijing, China.[2] He was the Canadian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Paralympics.[3] He has competed in every Paralympics that included his sport until his retirement, representing Canada five times.[4]
Hickling broke his neck at age 16 in 1987. He and two friends were hiking an unfamiliar B.C. trail at night when they fell off a cliff; one of the friends died. About five years later, Hickling took up wheelchair rugby.[4]
References
- Murderball legend Hickling keeps pushing, The Province, September 22, 2010
External links
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- Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel
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- Английская Википедия
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Canadian wheelchair rugby players
- People with tetraplegia
- Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Canada
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby
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