Jacob Wasserman, who survived a bus crash in Canada that killed 16 teammates and hockey club staff nearly six years ago, has qualified for rowing. 2024 Paralympics In Paris.
Canada’s Paralympic team shared the news of Wasserman’s qualification on social media on Thursday, nearly a week after the 24-year-old won a silver medal at the continental qualifying regatta. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jacob Wasserman of the Humboldt Broncos waves to the audience on stage at the 2018 NHL Awards Presented by Hulu at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on June 20, 2018. (Elliott J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
His finish there earned him a national spot in Team Canada’s PR1 men’s singles event.
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Wasserman’s wife, Madison Wasserman, said in a separate post that the former Canadian junior hockey player has only been in the sport for a little over a year.
“He’s only been rowing for a year and a half and he came second in an international competition which is pretty impressive,” she wrote in an Instagram caption over the weekend.
Jacob Wasserman of Canada competes in the men’s single scull PR1 M1x final at the Americas Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta held at Lake Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 16, 2024. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images)
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“I have watched Jacob spend countless hours training and working hard for this moment. Words cannot express how proud I am of him!!! He’s a really great guy.”
Wasserman qualified for the Paralympics nearly six years after 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team were killed when the bus carrying the team to a playoff game in Saskatchewan collided with a semi-trailer. .
Humboldt Broncos goaltender Jacob Wasserman attends the 2018 NHL Awards pre-press conference at Encore Las Vegas on June 19, 2018 in Las Vegas. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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