Keith Gabel

Keith Gabel
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1984-07-20) July 20, 1984
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Snowboarding
Disability class SB-LL2
Event(s) Snowboard cross,
Banked slalom
Medal record
Winter Paralympic Games
2014 Sochi Snowboard cross
2018 PyeongChang Snowboard cross
World Para-Snowboard World Cup
2017 PyeongChangSnowboard cross

Keith Gabel (born 20 July 1984)[2] is a Paralympic snowboarder originally from Ogden, Utah.[3]

Gabel competed for the United States at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and again in 2018. He won silver in 2018 snowboard cross division SB-LL2 and had won bronze in 2014. He became involved in adaptive sports after he lost his foot in 2000.[4] He also won a silver medal in snowboard cross at the 2016–17 IPC Snowboard World Cup.[1] He won silver medal from South Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Keith Gabel". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Keith Gabel". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Team USA won a load of medals at the Pyeongchang Paralympics ..." The Salt Lake Tribune. March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Madeleine Osberger (March 16, 2018). "Medal harvest continues for Aspen Paralympians". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Standard-Examiner. "Ogden's Keith Gabel wins silver in Paralympic snowboard-cross". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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