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Steve Arsenault
Arsenault in 2013
Born (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988 (age 36)
Hamilton, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Playing career 2004–present
Medal record
Men's para ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Goyang Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Buffalo Team

Stephen Arsenault (born 6 September 1988) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Arsenault was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Joe and Jill Arsenault. He has avascular necrosis of the femoral head.[1]

He began his sledge hockey career in 2004 in Edmonton with the Paralympic Sports Association Dogs. He also played for the Edmonton Impact sledge hockey team. He took a hiatus from sledge hockey from 2007 to 2010, a timespan in which his mother died and his father was seriously injured in a workplace accident which resulted in amputation of a leg.[1][2]

With the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team, He won a gold medal at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2017 and a silver in 2012.[1][3] He also competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics with the Canadian national team, winning a bronze in the sledge hockey tournament.[4]

He resides in Stony Plain, Alberta.[1][5] He is also a personal trainer.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Steve Arsenault". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. ^ "Arsenault skates back onto Team Canada". stonyplainreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ^ "Arsenault, Team Canada start season with Four Nations gold". sprucegroveexaminer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  4. ^ "Hockey Canada names Paralympic sledge hockey team". olympics.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. ^ "Steve Arsenault : sledge hockey star". albertaprimetime.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  6. ^ "Steve Arsenault". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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