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| Born | June 28, 1975 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Para archery | |||||||||||
| Disability | Tetraplegia | |||||||||||
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Aaron Cross (born June 28, 1975, Waterloo, Iowa) is a quadriplegic American archer.
He graduated from Augsburg College in 1997. He is currently working on his Masters in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at Saint Cloud State University.[ citation needed ]
Cross was paralyzed in an accident while training for the Olympics. [1]
He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, taking fourth place, [2] and in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, taking fifth place. [3] He went on to compete in the 2002 Wheelchair Archery World Championships in Nymburk. [4] He won bronze in the Men's team event in archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. [5]
As a member of the U.S. World Archery Team, he won a Team Silver 2002, a Bronze in 1994, and a Gold in 1993.
Cross has been featured in nationally syndicated magazines such as, Sport' N Spokes, Paraplegic News, Target and Spirit Magazine along with being featured on local, regional and national print and electronic media such as ABC and NBC.[ citation needed ]
In 2005, he was the first wheelchair user to attempt and finish a Navy SEAL (SAC) training course. He completed the course a second time in 2009.[ citation needed ]
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