Jake Howe
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| Born | 4 June 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Melbourne Rugby Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Australian Steelers (2017–current) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jake Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has represented the Steelers at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where they won the bronze medal.[1][2]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Howe was born on 4 June 1991.[3] 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.[4] At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas.[4][5] He lives in Perth, Western Australia.[3]
Wheelchair rigby
[edit | edit source]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.[3] 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.[6]
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.[7]
Howe won his first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . [8]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he was a member of the Steelers that won the bronze medal defeating Great Britain 50–48.[9]
References
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External links
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- Australian wheelchair rugby players
- Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Australia
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby
- 1991 births
- Living people