Robin McKeever
Appearance
Robin McKeever (born April 8, 1973 in Calgary) is a Canadian cross country skier, sighted guide, Paralympian and Olympian.
Biography
He participated in cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
McKeever is the sighted guide for his brother Brian McKeever, since 2001. The brothers raced together and won two gold and one silver at the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Games in Torino, he and his brother took two gold, one silver, and a bronze medal in cross-country skiing and biathlon.[1]
He is the Para-Nordic ski coach for Cross Country Canada since November 2010.[2]
Awards and honours
In 2011, McKeever was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame alongside his brother Brian.[3]
References
- ^ Robin McKeever profile at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- ^ Cross Country Canada Names Mike Edwards Assistant Director of High-Performance Para-Nordic, Cross Country Skier, December 2, 2010
- ^ "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
- Robin McKeever at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Robin McKeever at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Robin McKeever profile at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Robin McKeever (guide), Para-Nordic World Cup Team, Cross Country Canada
- Paralympic Perspectives: Robin McKeever, Official website of Vancouver 2010, March 14, 2008
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Canadian male cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Paralympic sighted guides
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Canadian male biathletes
- Terry Fox Hall of Fame