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| Full name | Declan Joseph Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 5, 1997 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2007–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ice sled hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an American ice sled hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. He won a gold medal in ice sledge hockey at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics. [1]
A bilateral amputee, he has played sled hockey since the age of nine after first trying it out in Clearwater, Florida. [1] He attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and graduated from Princeton University in 2020. In addition to the United States men's national team, he has played on the Spacecoast Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Bandits sledge hockey clubs. He made the American national team at the age of 14 in 2012. He is also the recipient of the best disabled male athlete at the 2014 ESPY awards.
In the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, he finished first on the American team in scoring, with eight points. [2] [3] Farmer won his second Paralympic gold medal in 2018, while being the tournament's leading scorer. [4] He has qualified for his third Paralympic Games in 2022. [5]
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