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Born | Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | September 18, 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anton Jacobs-Webb (born September 18, 2000) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal. He also competed at the 2021 and 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships and won silver medals.
Jacobs-Webb was born on September 18, 2000, in Williamswood, Nova Scotia. He was born with a birth defect which caused his left leg to be shorter than his right. [1] Jacobs-Webb became interested in Para ice hockey when he met Hervé Lord as a pre-teen who then invited him to the local para hockey club in Ottawa. [2] He had surgery to amputate his leg above the knee in 2012 and began walking with a prosthesis. [3]
Jacobs-Webb made his international debut at the 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships while also completing the first year of his mechanical engineering undergraduate degree at Concordia University. [4] He helped the team qualify for the gold medal round where they lost to the United States and took home second place. [5] Following this, Jacobs-Webb was named to Team Canada for the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. During the tournament, they again faced the United States in the gold-medal round which they lost 5–0 to earn silver. [6]
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Born | Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | September 18, 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Anton Jacobs-Webb (born September 18, 2000) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal. He also competed at the 2021 and 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships and won silver medals.
Jacobs-Webb was born on September 18, 2000, in Williamswood, Nova Scotia. He was born with a birth defect which caused his left leg to be shorter than his right. [1] Jacobs-Webb became interested in Para ice hockey when he met Hervé Lord as a pre-teen who then invited him to the local para hockey club in Ottawa. [2] He had surgery to amputate his leg above the knee in 2012 and began walking with a prosthesis. [3]
Jacobs-Webb made his international debut at the 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships while also completing the first year of his mechanical engineering undergraduate degree at Concordia University. [4] He helped the team qualify for the gold medal round where they lost to the United States and took home second place. [5] Following this, Jacobs-Webb was named to Team Canada for the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. During the tournament, they again faced the United States in the gold-medal round which they lost 5–0 to earn silver. [6]