Greg Shaw

Name: Greg Shaw
2014 Paralympic Event: Sled hockey
Position: Forward
Height: 3-0
Weight: 105
DOB: Feb. 28, 1990
Birthplace: Merritt Island, Fla.
Hometown: Merritt Island, Fla.
Current Residence: Titusville, Fla.
High School: The Winter Sports School (Park City, Utah) ‘09
Club Team: Tampa Bay Lightning/Space Coast Hurricanes


Performance Highlights

• Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, gold; Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, gold
• Four-time International Paralympic Committee Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship medalist, gold (2009, 2012), silver (2013), bronze (2008)
• Four-time IPC World Sledge Hockey Challenge medalist, gold (2012), silver (Nov. 2011, 2013), bronze (April 2011)
• 2011 Japan Para Ice Sledge Hockey Championship, 3rd
• 2013 USA Hockey Sled Cup, 1st
• Eight-time U.S. National Sled Hockey Team member, 2006-14

Personal

Greg Shaw began his sled hockey career as a teenager, playing with the National Ability Center’s Golden Eagles sled hockey club based out of Park City, Utah, from 2007-11. He made his first U.S. National Sled Hockey Team for the 2006-07 season, and he was part of the gold-medal-winning squad at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Shaw was born with sacral agenesis, a condition that affects the spinal cord. A graduate of the Winter Sports School, a college preparatory program based in Park City, Utah, Shaw also enjoys swimming, surfing and skateboarding.

Connect

Twitter: @sledplayer

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (2 gold)
• Paralympic Games Sochi 2014, gold (Team - Mixed)
• Paralympic Games Vancouver 2010, gold (Team - Mixed)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2012 – gold (Team - Men)
• Years of participation: Team - Men 2008, 2009, 2012
• Medals: 3 (2 gold, 1 bronze)
• Gold – 2012 (Team - Men); 2009 (Team - Men)
• Bronze – 2008 (Team - Men)