Hervé Lord

Herve Lord
Born March 3, 1958 (1958-03-03) (age 54)
Saint-Pamphile, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Position center, wing
Shot Right
National team  Canada
Playing career 1987–2010
Medal record
Competitor for Canada
Men's Ice sledge hockey
Paralympic games
Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Tournament
Silver 1998 Nagano Tournament
Gold 2006 Torino Tournament
IPC World Men Championships
Gold 2000 - Salt Lake City, USA {{{2}}}
Gold 2008 - Marlborough, USA {{{2}}}
Bronze 2009 - Ostrava, Czech Republic {{{2}}}
Men's Ice sledge racing
Silver 1998 Nagano Tournament

Herve Lord (born March 3, 1958 in Saint-Pamphile, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian sledge hockey player. In the Paralympic Games, he has won numerous medals including the bronze (1994), silver (1998) and gold (2006).

Lord took the athletes' oath on behalf of all competitors at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.[1] He announced his retirement from the Canadian ice sledge hockey team on September 7, 2010 (along with captain Jean Labonte, Todd Nicholson and goaltender Paul Rosen).[2] Lord also participated at the Soldier On Paralympic Sport Summit at Carleton University in May 2008 in an effort to assist Canadian military members rebound from debilitating injuries resulting in permanent disability.[3]

Contents

Career stats

Hockey Canada

Year Event GP G A PTS PIM
2007 World sledge hockey championships 4 0 1 1 6
2008 World sledge hockey championships 4 1 1 2 8
2009 World sledge hockey championships 4 0 1 1 2

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Paralympic Games kick off in Vancouver, National Post, March 12, 2010
  2. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/07/sp-sledge-retire.html
  3. ^ http://www.rollingrampage.com/pdfs/WhyNot_ValentineGala_08.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=60000&player_id=8852
  5. ^ http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/en/active-living/sport/quest-for-gold/vancouver2010-paralympics.asp#g

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Athletes'
Oath
  • 1960: Franco Rossi (ITA)
  • 1964: Shigeo Aono (JPN)
  • 1968: Zvi Ben-Zvi (ISR)
  • 1972: Marga Floer (FRG)
  • 1976: Eugene Reimer (CAN)
  • 1980: Irene Schmidt (NED)
  • 1984: Ólavur Kongsbak & John Harris (both USA)
  • 1988: So-Boo Kim (KOR)
  • 1992: José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáňez (ESP)
  • 1996: Trischa Zorn (USA)
  • 2000: Tracey Cross (AUS)
  • 2004: Maria Kalpakidou (GRE)
  • 2008: Wu Chunmiao (CHN)
  • 1992: Ludovic Rey-Robert (FRA)
  • 1994: Cato Zahl Pedersen (NOR)
  • 1998: Ryuei Shinohe (JPN)
  • 2002: Sarah Billmeier (USA)
  • 2006: Fabrizio Zardini (ITA)
  • 2010: Hervé Lord (CAN)
Judges'
Oath
  • 1980: Henk Boersbroek (NED)
  • 1984: Jack Abramson & Ronald Nicholls (both USA)
  • 2000: Mary Longden (AUS)
  • 2004: Vlassis Tamvakieras (GRE)
  • 2008: Hao Guohua (CHN)
  • 1998: Takashi Takano (JPN)
  • 2006: Mauro Scanacapra (ITA)
  • 2010: Linda Kirton (CAN)