Benoit St-Amand
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Benoît St-Amand 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 moving to play as a keeper.
Canada
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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
2002 Winter Paralympics
The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated....
, 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 moving to play as a keeper.
Honours
- 2010 Winter ParalympicsIce sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter ParalympicsThe ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games....
- 4th place
- 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World ChampionshipsThe 5th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships took place in early 2009. The competition was divided into two tournaments, with Tournament B held from 15 to 21 March in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Tournament A held from 9 to 16 May in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. A total of thirteen teams...
- Bronze
- 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World ChampionshipsThe 4th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between March 29, 2008 and April 5, 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. The venue were the New England Sports Center...
- Gold
- 2006 Winter Paralympics2006 Winter ParalympicsThe 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new paralympics logo....
- Gold