Patrick McDonald

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Sochi 2014, 5th (Team - Mixed)
• Paralympic Games Vancouver 2010, 4th (Team - Mixed)

Career Highlights

• 2013: World Wheelchair Championship Team
• 2012: fifth place - World Wheelchair Championship
• 2009: gold medal - Kathy Kerr Open, Ottawa, Canada
• 2009: gold medal - U.S. Open
• 2009: bronze medal - Kingross Invitational, Scotland
• 2009: fourth place - World Wheelchair Championship, Vancouver, Canada

Facts: U.S. Army veteran who lsot the use of his legs when the armored personnel carrier he was riding in rolled on the way back from patrol in Korea... McDonald is active in adaptive sports, playing golf, bowling and kayaking in addition to wheelchair curling... McDonald hopes to win a medal at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games... Hopes to one day make the Paralympic shooting team... McDonald and his wife, Carrie, have two children - a daughter, Andie, and a son, Kaelan.

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2016 – 6th (Team - Mixed)
• Years of participation: Team - Mixed 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
• Top finish: 4th – 2009 (Team - Mixed), 2013 (Team - Mixed)

Olympic Experience

• 2-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 1 silver)
• Olympic Games Antwerp 1920, gold (Weight Throw - Men), 4th (Shot Put - Men)
• Olympic Games Stockholm 1912, gold (Shot Put - Men), silver (Shot Put Both Hands - Men)