Mark Ideson

Mark Ideson (born April 10, 1976 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and won gold. He is married and has 2 children. He now resides in London, Ontario. In 2007, the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario and he now lives with quadriplegia.[1] He played hockey and golf before he was disabled.[2]

Mark Ideson
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Born (1976-04-10) April 10, 1976
Parry Sound, Ontario
ResidenceLondon, Ontario
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2014 SochiMixed team
2018 PyeongChang Mixed team
World Championships
2013 Sochi Mixed team
2020 Wetzikon Mixed team

Personal

Ideson is married and has 2 children, a 14-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. He went to the University of Western Ontario. He studied environmental Science there with his future wife, Lara.[2] He was also a former Mustangs Cheerleader. After graduating university, he became a helicopter pilot and was introduced to wheelchair curling in 2010 at the age of 33.

Accident

In 2007, during a maintenance flight, his helicopter crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario. He broke 29 bones during the process.[3] 500 metres away, Daniel Hermann, an eight-year-old boy saw this and went to his mother to call 9-1-1. The ambulance arrived shortly after within 20 minutes. Ideson said "I had rehearsed for seven years what I was going to say to a kid that essentially saved my life. I could never really put it to words."[1]

References
  1. "Curler Mark Ideson credits an 8-year-old boy for his life and ability to compete at the Paralympics in Curling". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "Mark Ideson | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. "Former Mustangs cheerleader Mark Ideson wins gold at Paralympics". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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