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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