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Jacob Wassermann
Jacob Joseph Wassermann (born January 9, 2000) is a Canadian pararower and former ice hockey goaltender. Paralyzed from the waist down in 2018 from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, he represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Career Ice hockey Wassermann was drafted 8th round (#157 overall) of the 2015 WHL bantam draft by the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League. In March 2018, he was named Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) co-rookie of the year alongside Cade Kowalski of the Weyburn Red Wings. Pararowing After being paralyzed from the waist down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Wassermann began trying out adaptive sports, playing adaptive water skiing and sledge hockey before starting a pararowing career in 2022. The youngest competitor in men's singles B Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Adaptive rowing, Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France was held between 30 August to 1 September 2024. It featured men's (PR1M1x) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann (; 10 March 1873 – 1 January 1934) was a German writer and novelist. Life Born in Fürth, Wassermann was the son of a shopkeeper and lost his mother at an early age. He showed literary interest early and published various pieces in small newspapers. Because his father was reluctant to support his literary ambitions, he began a short-lived apprenticeship with a businessman in Vienna after graduation. He completed his military service in Würzburg. Afterward, he stayed in southern Germany and in Zürich. In 1894, he moved to Munich where he worked as a secretary and later as a copy editor at the paper ''Simplicissimus''. Around this time he also became acquainted with other writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Thomas Mann. In 1896, he released his first novel, ''Melusine'' (his surname means "water-man" in German, while a "Melusine" (or "Melusina") is a figure of European legends and folklore, a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
