Bradley Kendell
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| Full name | Bradley Jackson Kendell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1981 Clearwater, Florida[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Bradley Jackson Kendell (born 8 February 1981 in Clearwater, Florida) is a U.S. Paralympic sailor. He won a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the Three-Person Keelboat (Sonar).[2]
Biography[]
In 2003, he was the only survivor in a deadly airplane accident which killed Bradley's father and a family friend, despite losing both of his legs. His father was originally from New Zealand and also a sailor.[3]
He received a hero's welcome at Tampa International Airport after returning from Rio as a Paralympic Games silver medalist.[4]
References[]
- ^ Brad Kendell teamusa.org
- ^ Paralympic medal tally Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine rio2016.com Retrieved on 3 November 2016
- ^ Fennelly: Clearwater sailor Brad Kendell savors Paralympic shot www.tampabay.com Retrieved on 2 January 2017
- ^ Clearwater plane crash survivor now Paralympic medalist Fox 13 News Retrieved on 2 January 2017
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Categories:
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Living people
- 1981 births
- American male sailors (sport)
- People from Clearwater, Florida
- Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sailing
- Paralympic sailors of the United States
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
- American yacht racing biography stubs