Jake Howe
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Born | 4 June 1991 | |||||||
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Sport | Wheelchair rugby | |||||||
Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||
Team | Australian Steelers (2017-current) | |||||||
Medal record
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Jake (The Snake) Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has represented the Steelers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Personal[]
Howe was born on 4 June 1991. [2]On 10 March 2012, Howe was wrestling with his best friend on the Barrack Street Jetty during a 21st birthday party river cruise. He landed on his head and this broke a bone in neck and crushed his spinal cord, paralysing him from the armpits down.[3] At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas. [3] [4]He lives in Perth, Western Australia. [2]
Wheelchair rigby[]
Howe is classified 1.0 player. Howe made his international debut for Australian wheelchair rugby team at the 2017 Ken Sowden Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. [2] At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61-62 in the gold medal game.[5]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52-60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again". Paralympics Australia. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Jake Howe". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b Farcic, Elle (7 April 2012). "Harmless fun that changed a young life for ever". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Giles, Shaun (28 July 2018). "Jake Howe once feared he would never lift his newborn child, now he's a wheelchair rugby international". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Results". IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020". Inside The Games. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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External links[]
- Australian wheelchair rugby players
- Paralympic wheelchair rugby players of Australia
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 1991 births
- Living people