OTTAWA — Former Humboldt Broncos goaltender Jacob Wasserman has been named to Canada's Paralympic team and will compete in rowing this summer in Paris.The 24-year-old was paralyzed from the navel down when a semi-trailer truck drove through a stop sign and collided with the Broncos' team bus near Tisdale, Sask.Wasserman won a national rowing title in the men's Men’s PR1 single category in 2023.
Wasserman's silver medal at a continental regatta in Rio de Janeiro in March qualified a Canadian boat for the Paralympic Games. “It feels like a bit of a dream,” Wasserman said in a statement."My whole life I have wanted to be a professional athlete and compete against the best in the world.The Paralympic Games run Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, after the Olympic Games.Para rowing runs Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Paris, with heats, repechages and finals.“I’m very proud of how far Jacob has come along on his rowing journey,” Rowing Canada's high-performance director Adam Parfitt said.
Coxswain Kristen Kit of St. Catharines, Ont., Calgary's Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Toronto's Sydney Payne and Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, B.C., are the returning athletes from the victorious eights team in Tokyo in 2021.
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