Mark Ideson
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 10, 1976 Parry Sound, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Ideson (born April 10, 1976 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and won gold. He is married and has 2 children. He now resides in London, Ontario. In 2007, the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario and he now lives with quadriplegia.[1] He played hockey and golf before he was disabled.[2]
Personal[]
Ideson is married and has 2 children, a 16-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. He went to the University of Western Ontario. He studied environmental Science there with his future wife, Lara.[2] He was also a former Mustangs Cheerleader. After graduating university, he became a helicopter pilot and was introduced to wheelchair curling in 2010 at the age of 33.
Accident[]
In 2007, during a maintenance flight, his helicopter crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario. He broke 29 bones during the process.[3] 500 metres away, Daniel Hermann, an eight-year-old boy saw this and went to his mother to call 9-1-1. The ambulance arrived shortly after within 20 minutes. Ideson said "I had rehearsed for seven years what I was going to say to a kid that essentially saved my life. I could never really put it to words."[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Curler Mark Ideson credits an 8-year-old boy for his life and ability to compete at the Paralympics in Curling". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Mark Ideson | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Former Mustangs cheerleader Mark Ideson wins gold at Paralympics". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
External links[]
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Parry Sound, Ontario
- Canadian male curlers
- Canadian wheelchair curlers
- Paralympic wheelchair curlers of Canada
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- World wheelchair curling champions