Travis Dodson Explained

Birth Place:	Silver City, New Mexico, U.S.
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Travis Dodson (born October 14, 1985, in Silver City, New Mexico)^[1] is a retired Marine and Paralympian from Deming, New Mexico.^[2] Dodson served in the United States Marine Corps and was wounded in action by a hand grenade in the Iraq War in 2007.^[3]

Career

He competed for the United States at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in cross-country skiing (Men's 1 km Sprint Classic and Men's 10 km) and biathlon (Men's 7.5 km and Men's 15 km). At the 2018 Winter Paralympics he had switched to para ice hockey.^[4] He was on the gold medal-winning team.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Travis Dodson . Team USA . April 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130144845/https://www.teamusa.org/para-sled-hockey/athletes/Travis-Dodson . November 30, 2018 . dead.
2. Web site: The Paralympics Are Here – Meet Our Team Semper Fi Athletes! . Semper Fi Fund . April 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173914/https://semperfifund.org/tsf-in-sochi/ . April 3, 2018 . live.
3. Web site: Mraz . Steve . Grenade attack shatters tranquility . Stars And Stripes . April 3, 2018 . February 24, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180629013524/https://www.stripes.com/news/grenade-attack-shatters-tranquility-1.60773 . June 29, 2018 . live.
4. Web site: Armendariz . Bill . Travis Dodson to make sled hockey debut at the Paralympics Winter Games . Deming Headlight . April 3, 2018 . March 2, 2018.