James Gemmell

James Gemmell
	Gemmell in 2015
Personal information
Born	April 26, 1980 (age 44); 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada
Years active	2006–present
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Ice sledge hockey
Position	Defence
Medal record
Para ice hockey
Representing Canada
Paralympic Games
World Championships

James Gemmell (born April 26, 1980) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Gemmell was born in 100 Mile House, British Columbia and lists his hometown as Quesnel, British Columbia. In 2004, he had his right leg amputated above the knee after an automobile accident. He began playing sledge hockey in 2006 with the Surrey Eagles.^[1]

Gemmell won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Goyang, Korea, and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.^[2]

References

^ "James Gemmell". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
^ "Gemmell won't get starring role in Team Canada's sledge hockey team - 2014 Winter Games". 2014 Winter Games. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.

External links

[1] "James Gemmell". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-01-31.

[2] "Gemmell won't get starring role in Team Canada's sledge hockey team - 2014 Winter Games". 2014 Winter Games. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.

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