Anton Jacobs-Webb

Anton Jacobs-Webb
Personal information
Born	September 18, 2000 (age 23); Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Ice sledge hockey
Medal record
Para ice hockey
Representing Canada
Paralympic Games
World Championships

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.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

References

^ "Anton Jacobs-Webb". Paralympics. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^ Parial, Elena (April 14, 2022). "Concordia Paralympian brings home a silver medal from Beijing". Concordia University. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^ "Anton Jacobs-Webb hasn't let the pandemic interfere with his path to the Paralympics". OttawaSportsPages.ca. February 26, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^ Boyadjian, Lee (June 25, 2021). "A Balancing Act". Hockey Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^ Cleary, Martin (June 28, 2021). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Stay-Safe Edition". OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^ "Ottawa at the Paralympics Final Day: Silver not so sweet for para hockey team". OttawaSportsPages.ca. March 13, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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[bio-1] "Anton Jacobs-Webb". Paralympics. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[2] Parial, Elena (April 14, 2022). "Concordia Paralympian brings home a silver medal from Beijing". Concordia University. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[3] "Anton Jacobs-Webb hasn't let the pandemic interfere with his path to the Paralympics". OttawaSportsPages.ca. February 26, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[Boyadjian-4] Boyadjian, Lee (June 25, 2021). "A Balancing Act". Hockey Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[5] Cleary, Martin (June 28, 2021). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Stay-Safe Edition". OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[6] "Ottawa at the Paralympics Final Day: Silver not so sweet for para hockey team". OttawaSportsPages.ca. March 13, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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