Jake Howe
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| Born | 4 June 1991 | ||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Team | Australian Steelers (2017-current) | ||||||||
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Jake Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.
Howe was born on 4 June 1991. [1]On 10 March 2012, Howe was wrestling with his best friend on the Barrack Street Jetty during a 21st birthday party river cruise. He landed on his head and this broke a bone in neck and crushed his spinal cord, paralysing him from the armpits down.[2] At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas. [2] [3]He lives in Perth, Western Australia. [1]
Howe made his international debut for Australian wheelchair rugby team at the 2017 Ken Sowden Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61-62 in the gold medal game.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Jake Howe". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b Farcic, Elle (7 April 2012). "Harmless fun that changed a young life for ever". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Giles, Shaun (28 July 2018). "Jake Howe once feared he would never lift his newborn child, now he's a wheelchair rugby international". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Results". IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website. Retrieved 10 August 2018.