Sled Hockey

Greg Shaw

Paralympian 2010, 2014

  • 2

    GOLD

  • 0

    SILVER

  • 0

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Height

3'0"

Age

34

Hometown

Merritt Island, FL

Education

The Winter Sports School (Park City, Utah) ‘09

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: 2013 – silver (Team - Men)
  • Years of participation: Team - Men 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
  • Medals: 4 (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
    • Gold – 2012 (Team - Men); 2009 (Team - Men)
    • Silver – 2013 (Team - Men)
    • Bronze – 2008 (Team - Men)

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