Anton Jacobs-Webb Explained

Anton Jacobs-Webb
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Birth Date:2000 9, mf=y
Birth Place:Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
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Sport:Ice sledge hockey
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Anton Jacobs-Webb (born September 18, 2000) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal. He also competed at the 2021 and 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships and won silver medals.

Early life

Jacobs-Webb was born on September 18, 2000, in Williamswood, Nova Scotia. He was born with a birth defect which caused his left leg to be shorter than his right.[1] Jacobs-Webb became interested in Para ice hockey when he met Hervé Lord as a pre-teen who then invited him to the local para hockey club in Ottawa.[2] He had surgery to amputate his leg above the knee in 2012 and began walking with a prosthesis.[3]

Career

Jacobs-Webb made his international debut at the 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships while also completing the first year of his mechanical engineering undergraduate degree at Concordia University.[4] He helped the team qualify for the gold medal round where they lost to the United States and took home second place.[5] Following this, Jacobs-Webb was named to Team Canada for the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. During the tournament, they again faced the United States in the gold-medal round which they lost 5–0 to earn silver.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anton Jacobs-Webb . Paralympics . October 2, 2022.
  2. Web site: Parial . Elena . Concordia Paralympian brings home a silver medal from Beijing . Concordia University . October 2, 2022 . April 14, 2022.
  3. Web site: Anton Jacobs-Webb hasn’t let the pandemic interfere with his path to the Paralympics . OttawaSportsPages.ca . October 2, 2022 . February 26, 2021.
  4. Web site: Boyadjian . Lee . A Balancing Act . Hockey Canada . October 2, 2022 . June 25, 2021.
  5. Web site: Cleary . Martin . HIGH ACHIEVERS: Stay-Safe Edition . OttawaSportsPages.ca . October 2, 2022 . June 28, 2021.
  6. Web site: Ottawa at the Paralympics Final Day: Silver not so sweet for para hockey team . OttawaSportsPages.ca . October 2, 2022 . March 13, 2022.