Liam Hickey

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Liam Hickey
Personal information
BornMarch 25, 1998 (1998-03-25) (age 26)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Medal record
Para ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ostrava Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2021 Ostrava Team competition

Liam Hickey (born March 25, 1998, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian Sledge Hockey player.

Career[edit]

After strong showings early in his career, he was offered an invite to join Team Canada's training camp for their National Sledge Hockey Team in Calgary, Alberta, where he played forward and was the lone person from Newfoundland invited.[1] He was a member of the silver medal-winning Canadian team of para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Hickey also competed for Canada at the 2015 Parapan American Games in wheelchair basketball as well as the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2] He was born without a femur in his right leg.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pardy, Pam (September 6–15, 2015). "Liam Hickey: All the right moves". The Newfoundland Herald. 69 (36): 36.
  2. ^ "Paralympic Canada profile". Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ "CBC article". Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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