Brad Bowden | |
Birth Date: | 1983 5, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 154 |
Position: | Forward |
Ntl Team: | Canada |
Career Start: | 1999 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Bradley Bowden (born May 26, 1983) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player.[1]
Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Bowden lives with sacral agenesis. He began playing ice sledge hockey in 1997, aged 13, for the Kitchener Sidewinders. At the age of 15, he was selected for Canada's national team. In 2003, he was named to the men's national wheelchair basketball team which eventually won gold in the 2004 summer Paralympic games in Athens, Greece. He is one of the few Paralympic athletes to win both a Paralympic gold medal in both summer and winter games.