Steve Arsenault
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 Arsenault in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 6, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Arsenault (born September 6, 1988) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Arsenault was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Joe and Jill Arsenault. He has avascular necrosis of the femoral head.[1]
He began his sledge hockey career in 2004 in Edmonton with the Paralympic Sports Association Dogs. He also played for the Edmonton Impact sledge hockey team. He took a hiatus from sledge hockey from 2007 to 2010, a timespan in which his mother died and his father was seriously injured in a workplace accident which resulted in amputation of a leg.[1][2]
With the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team, He won a gold medal at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2017 and a silver in 2012.[1][3] He also competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics with the Canadian national team, winning a bronze in the sledge hockey tournament.[4]
He is currently General Manager and Head Coach of the Gibbons Pioneers Junior A team. He resides in Spruce Grove, Alberta.[1][5] He is no longer a personal trainer.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Steve Arsenault". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Arsenault skates back onto Team Canada". stonyplainreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Arsenault, Team Canada start season with Four Nations gold". sprucegroveexaminer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Hockey Canada names Paralympic sledge hockey team". olympics.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Steve Arsenault : sledge hockey star". albertaprimetime.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Steve Arsenault". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
External links
[edit]- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario