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Nickname | Jamie Anseeuw | ||||||||||||||
Born | Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada | September 16, 1959||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair curling | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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James Anseeuw (born September 16, 1959) is a Canadian Wheelchair curler. As the oldest Canadian Paralympic athlete, he helped Canada win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea.
Anseeuw was born on September 16, 1959, in Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada. [1]
In the 1990s, Anseeuw was a semi-professional snowmobile racer until he became paralyzed after a crash on March 27, 1999. [2] [3] At the time of the accident, Anseeuw was team manager for the Flying Canucks and Arctic Cat's Canadian Racing Coordinator. [4] Arctic Cat began a trust fund in his name, [5] and mentee Blair Morgan began raising money for spinal cord research. [6]
In 2014, Anseeuw was convinced to try wheelchair curling by Dennis Thiessen. [7] He trained with the Assiniboine Curling Club and competed with Team Manitoba at the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, where they finished in first place. [8] Three years later, he again won gold with Team Manitoba at the 2017 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. [9]
At the age of 58, Anseeuw was the oldest athlete selected to compete for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea. [10] The Canadian wheelchair curling team was eliminated in the semi-finals, which earned them a bronze medal. [11]