Declan Farmer
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Farmer in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 5, 1997 Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 United States |
| Sport | Ice sledge hockey |
| Position | Forward |
Medal record
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Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an ice sledge hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. Competing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the men's ice sledge hockey tournament.[1] A bilateral amputee, he has played sledge hockey since the age of nine after first trying it out in Clearwater, Florida.[2] He attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and will attend Princeton University in the fall of 2016. In addition to the United States men's national team, he has played on the Spacecoast Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Bandits sledge hockey clubs. He made the American national team at the age of 14 in 2012.
In the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, he finished first on the American team in scoring, with eight points.[3][4]