Jack_Wallace_(sledge_hockey)

Jack Wallace (sledge hockey)

Jack Wallace (sledge hockey)

American ice sled hockey player

Jack Wallace (born June 24, 1998, in Suffern, New York) is an African-American ice sled hockey player. He was a member of the gold medal-winning US team at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics.

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Wallace's disability stems from an amputation of his right leg above the knee after a water skiing accident in youth.[1]

A resident of Nashville, TN, Wallace grew up in Franklin Lakes, NJ graduated from Indian Hills High School in 2016.[2] He graduated from The College Of New Jersey (TCNJ) with a BS in Biomedical Engineering in 2020.[citation needed]

In 2022 he won a second gold medal in Beijing with Team USA. Jack was voted best defenseman in the Beijing Paralympic tournament.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    "Franklin Lakes will honor Paralympics gold medalist Jack Wallace with parade Tuesday". NorthJersey.com. March 24, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Stoltz, Marsha A. "Jack Wallace of Franklin Lakes to represent U.S. at Paralympics in Korea", The Record, March 5, 2018. Accessed May 28, 2020.


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