Rob Armstrong
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 12, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rob Armstrong (born September 12, 1996) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Career
He represented Canada at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics, and won silver medals. after helping his team win Gold in 2017 at World Para Ice Hockey Championships. Armstrong is a three-time silver medalist at World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
He competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal, Canada's third consecutive silver medal in Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.
Personal life
His disability is due to a childhood infection of the spine. He began playing para ice hockey a few years later after he fell in love with the sport while playing goaltender in road hockey with his friends.
References
- ↑ "Rob Armstrong". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ "USA tops Canada in OT to Take Sled Hockey Gold". WGRZ. March 18, 2018.
- 1 2 "Armstrong". games.paralympic.ca. Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Canada claims ice hockey silver as United States romps to 5th consecutive Paralympic gold". CBC.ca. March 15, 2026. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
External links
- Rob Armstrong at Hockey Canada
- Rob Armstrong at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Rob Armstrong at the International Paralympic Committee
- Rob Armstrong on Instagram
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