Jared FunkWheelchair Rugby Niverville, MB

n Bronze medallist, Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

n Silver medallist, Athens 2004 Paralympic Games

n 3 World Championships

n Silver medallist, 1995 World Championships, Switzerland

n Bronze medallist, 2006 World

Championships, New Zealand

Jared has competed in wheelchair rugby for 10 years. He has won two Paralympic Games medals — silver in Athens 2004 and bronze in Beijing 2008. He also won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland. His favourite Olympic moment was playing in front of 20,000 spectators in Beijing, and his goal is to win gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Jared Funk, RBC Olympian

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