Steve Arsenault

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Steve Arsenault
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Arsenault in 2013
Born (1988-09-06) September 6, 1988 (age 33)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Playing career 2004–present
Medal record
Para ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Goyang Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Gangneung Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Buffalo Team

Stephen Arsenault (born September 6, 1988) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Arsenault was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Joe and Jill Arsenault. He has avascular necrosis of the femoral head. [1]

He began his sledge hockey career in 2004 in Edmonton with the Paralympic Sports Association Dogs. He also played for the Edmonton Impact sledge hockey team. He took a hiatus from sledge hockey from 2007 to 2010, a timespan in which his mother died and his father was seriously injured in a workplace accident which resulted in amputation of a leg. [1] [2]

With the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team, He won a gold medal at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2017 and a silver in 2012. [1] [3] He also competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics with the Canadian national team, winning a bronze in the sledge hockey tournament. [4]

He resides in Stony Plain, Alberta. [1] [5] He is no longer a personal trainer. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Steve Arsenault". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Arsenault skates back onto Team Canada". stonyplainreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Arsenault, Team Canada start season with Four Nations gold". sprucegroveexaminer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Hockey Canada names Paralympic sledge hockey team". olympics.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Steve Arsenault : sledge hockey star". albertaprimetime.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Steve Arsenault". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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