Mark Ideson
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Canada | |||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-04-10) 10 April 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Residence | Parry Sound, Ontario | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair curling | |||||||||||||
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Mark Ideson (born 10 April 1976 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and won gold. He is married and has 2 children. He now resides in London, Ontario. In 2007, the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario and he now lives with quadriplegia.[1]
He played hockey and golf before he was disabled.[2]
Contents
1 Personal
2 Accident
3 References
4 External links
Personal
Ideson is married and has 2 children, a nine-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son. He went to the University of Western Ontario . He studied environmental Science there with his future wife, Lara.[2] He was also a former Mustangs Cheerleader. After graduating university, he became a helicopter pilot and was introduced to curling in 2010 at the age of 33.
Accident
In 2007, during a maintenance flight, his helicopter crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario. He broke 29 bones during the process.[3] 500 metres away, Daniel Hermann, an eight-year-old boy saw this and went to his mother to call 9-1-1. The ambulance arrived shortly after within 20 minutes. Ideson said "I had rehearsed for seven years what I was going to say to a kid that essentially saved my life. I could never really put it to words."[1]
References
^ ab "Curler Mark Ideson credits an 8-year-old boy for his life and ability to compete at the Paralympics in Curling". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Mark Ideson | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Former Mustangs cheerleader Mark Ideson wins gold at Paralympics". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
External links
Mark Ideson on the World Curling Federation database
