(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Years active
2007–present
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight
165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Country
Canada
Sport
Ice sledge hockey
Position
Defence
Medal record
Representing Canada
Para ice hockey
Paralympic Games
2014 Sochi
Team competition
World Championships
2013 Goyang
Team competition
2015 Buffalo
Team competition
Football 7-a-side
Parapan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Team competition
Derek Whitson (born 21 June 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy. He joined the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team in 2007 after playing sledge hockey in the Windsor Ice Bullets sledge hockey program.[1] He was a member of the Canadian sledge hockey team that won the silver medal at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge,[1] as well as the one that competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[1] He was also a member of team who won the gold medal in the 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships in Korea.[2] Whitson also is a player of football 7-a-side, in which he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.[1] He is also an avid golfer and artist, in which he has donated pieces of his art to art auctions in support of Canadian athletes.[1]
^ abcde"Athletes". Paralympic.ca. 1989-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
^Kennedy, Ian (2013-04-22). "Whitson Wins Sledge Hockey Gold With Canada". Cksn.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
DerekWhitson (born 21 June 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy. He joined...
Chatham, Ontario, the same area where Paralympic ice sledge hockey player DerekWhitson was raised, the two have also played together in numerous events. In...
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Football". IFCPF. IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016. Kohe, Geoffery Z.; Peters, Derek M. (2016-08-25). High Performance Disability Sport Coaching. Routledge....
December 1984 Todd Nicholson 28 January 1969 Paul Rosen 26 April 1960 Benoit St-Amand 19 April 1978 Greg Westlake 12 June 1986 DerekWhitson 21 June 1989...
Defenders: Steve Arsenault, Adam Dixon, James Gemmell, Kevin Rempel, DerekWhitson Goaltenders: Dominic Larocque, Corbin Watson Czech Republic Forwards:...
of Hockey. Createspace. ISBN 9780993799808. Gruneau, Richard. and David Whitson. Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities, and Cultural Politics (1993)...
unsigned 2010 pick Barret Loux Compensation for unsigned 2010 pick Karsten Whitson Compensation for unsigned 2010 pick Dylan Covey Pick from the Detroit Tigers...
women activists currently detained. HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson said, "Any execution is appalling, but seeking the death penalty for activists...
the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017. Gordon, Whitson (March 13, 2013). "Google Has Started Removing Ad Blockers from the Play...
Hackenbush, created by Moore's fellow English cartoonist Bryan Talbot. Whitson, Roger (Winter 2007). "Engraving the Void and Sketching Parallel Worlds:...
an unarmed Black American man, was murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020, many...
Choreography and Song of the Summer Jack McBrayer, Buzz Aldrin, Peggy Whitson, Abbi Jacobson, Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon — appeared in a skit with...
Kelly, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter Bonerz, Michael Villani, Bob Zmuda, Chad Whitson, Tom Dreesen, Miles Chapin, Howard West, Greg Travis, Brent Briscoe, Angela...
Columbia Studios. She appeared in two films which teamed her with John Derek, Saturday's Hero (1951) and Scandal Sheet (1952). She had a cameo in Rainbow...
becoming the chairman in June 1991. He was replaced by his deputy Keith Whitson. The chairman Sir Peter Walters left at the same time, being succeeded...
Franklin Square, New York. His opponent was an experienced 36-year-old Darius Whitson in a scheduled 4-round bout. Miller won the fight by TKO in the first round...
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