Benoit St-Amand
Benoît St-Amand | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | April 19, 1978
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) |
Position | Goalie |
National team | Canada |
Playing career | 2004–present |
Medal record | ||
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Competitor for Canada | ||
Men's Ice sledge hockey | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
Gold | 2006 Torino | |
Bronze | 2014 Sochi | |
IPC World Men Championships | ||
Gold | 2008 - Marlborough | |
Bronze | 2009 - Ostrava | |
Bronze | 2012 - Hamar | |
Gold | 2013 - Goyang |
Benoît St-Amand (born 19 April 1978 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He had a bone cancer in his right leg when he was 15 (1993), and his leg was amputated above the knee in 1995.
He began to play ice sledge hockey immediately after the 2002 Winter Paralympics, where he saw the Canadian national team, and made his debut for the national team just two years later (in 2004) - first as a forward, then as a goalie.
Honours
- 2010 Winter Paralympics
- 4th place