Jean Labonte
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| Gold | 2006 Turin | Team | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | Team | |
Jean Labonté (born on March 20, 1969 in Hull, Québec) is a Canadian sledge hockey player.
Labonté was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his left tibia in 1986 at the age of 17 and finally lost his leg at the age of 20, in 1990. After his amputation, Labonté turned his sights towards sledge hockey and made the Canadian National Sledge hockey team for the first time in 1996. He was on the Canadian team that won the 2006 sledge hockey gold medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino. He is the assistant-captain of the Canadian Team since 1998 and was the captain for the 2003-04 season.
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