Seth McBride | |
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Born | 1983 (age 39–40) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft in (178 cm) |
Medal record | ||
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Men's wheelchair rugby | ||
Representing the United States | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | Team competition | |
2012 London | Team competition | |
World Championships | ||
2006 Christchurch | Team competition | |
2010 Vancouver | Team competition | |
North American Cup | ||
2006 | Team competition | |
2008 | Team competition | |
Canada Cup | ||
2006 | Team competition | |
2008 | Team competition |
Seth McBride (born 1983) is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and five-time gold medalist from Seattle, Washington.
Born in Juneau, Alaska, McBride graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 2001. [1] During the same year he got into a skiing accident which left him paralyzed and with two broken vertebrates in his neck. [2] After his accident he began to attend the University of Oregon from which he got a degree in international studies in 2005. [3]
The same year he participated at the Tribute to Peace World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in Rio de Janeiro [3] and since then and until 2006 has won numerous of gold medals at the IWAS World Games, North American and Canada Cups and also at the world championships. However, at the 2008 North American Cup he won silver. But that didn't stop him from winning gold and by 2010 he earned three more. In 2012 he won his first bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London [4] during which he and his team scored 64–48 against Japan's Daisuke Ikesake. [5]
In his spare time he plays harmonica, rides a bike and travels to El Salvador where he teaches English. Currently he attends Portland State University where he pursuing master's degree in non-fiction writing. [4]
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