Brad Bowden Explained

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]

Life

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.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brad Bowden . July 24, 2020 . Hockeycanada.ca. en-ca.
  2. Web site: Canadian Disability Hall of Fame . The Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons . November 5, 2019.