Jake Howe
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| Born | 4 June 1991 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | |||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Team | Australian Steelers (2017-current) | |||||||||||
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Jake (The Snake) Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has represented the Steelers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Personal[edit]
Howe was born on 4 June 1991.[2] On 10 March 2012, Howe was wrestling with his best friend on the Barrack Street Jetty during a 21st birthday party river cruise. He landed on his head and this broke a bone in neck and crushed his spinal cord, paralysing him from the armpits down.[3] At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas.[3][4] He lives in Perth, Western Australia.[2]
Wheelchair rigby[edit]
Howe is classified 1.0 player. Howe made his international debut for Australian wheelchair rugby team at the 2017 Ken Sowden Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.[5]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[6]
Howe won his first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . [7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again". Paralympics Australia. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Jake Howe". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b Farcic, Elle (7 April 2012). "Harmless fun that changed a young life for ever". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Giles, Shaun (28 July 2018). "Jake Howe once feared he would never lift his newborn child, now he's a wheelchair rugby international". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Results". IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020". Inside The Games. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Australian Steelers Are World Wheelchair Rugby Champions". Paralympics Australia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.