Jake Howe Explained

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Birth Date:4 June 1991
Club:Melbourne Rugby Club
Team:Australian Steelers (2017-current)
Sport:Wheelchair rugby
Disability Class:1.0

Jake Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has represented the Steelers at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1] [2]

Personal

Howe was born on 4 June 1991.[3] 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.[4] At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas.[4] [5] He lives in Perth, Western Australia.[3]

Wheelchair rigby

Howe is classified 1.0 player. Howe made his international debut for Australian wheelchair rugby team at the 2017 Ken Sowden Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3] 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.[6]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[7]

Howe won his first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29 July 2021. Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again. 2 August 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  2. Web site: Steelers chasing redemption at Paris Games. 1 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Jake Howe . Australian Paralympic Committee website . 11 August 2018.
  4. News: Farcic . Elle . Harmless fun that changed a young life for ever . 11 August 2018 . The West Australian . 7 April 2012.
  5. News: Giles . Shaun . Jake Howe once feared he would never lift his newborn child, now he's a wheelchair rugby international . 11 August 2018 . ABC News . 28 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Results . IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website . 10 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810113033/https://www.2018wrwc.com/ . 10 August 2018 . dead .
  7. Web site: 31 July 2021. Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020. 20 September 2021. Inside The Games.
  8. Web site: 17 October 2022 . Australian Steelers Are World Wheelchair Rugby Champions . 17 October 2022 . Paralympics Australia.