Declan Farmer
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| Full name | Declan Joseph Farmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 5, 1997 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ice sled hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an American ice sled hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. Competing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the men's ice sledge hockey tournament.[1] A bilateral amputee, he has played sledge hockey since the age of nine after first trying it out in Clearwater, Florida.[1] He attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and currently attends Princeton University. In addition to the United States men's national team, he has played on the Spacecoast Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Bandits sledge hockey clubs. He made the American national team at the age of 14 in 2012. He is also the recipient of the best disabled male athlete at the 2014 ESPY awards.
In the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, he finished first on the American team in scoring, with eight points.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Declan Farmer". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "The Future Is Now: Declan Farmer amazing sled hockey performance". usahockeymagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Declan Farmer". usahockey.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
External links
- Declan Farmer - USA - Para Ice Hockey at the International Paralympic Committee
- Declan Farmer - Sled Hockey at Team USA (archived)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- American amputees
- American sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players of the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey
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