Anton Jacobs-Webb (born September 18, 2000) is a Canadian

ice sledge hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitat ...

player. He competed at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), also known as XIII Paralympic Winter Games, commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), were an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter ...

and won a silver medal. He also competed at the

2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships The 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2024. The tournament was held in Calgary, Alberta in Canada from 4 to 1 ...

and won a gold medal.

Early life

Jacobs-Webb was born on September 18, 2000, in Williamswood, Nova Scotia. He was born with a birth defect which caused his left leg to be shorter than his right. Jacobs-Webb became interested in Para ice hockey when he met

Hervé Lord Hervé Lord (born March 3, 1958) is a Canadians, Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He was born in Saint-Pamphile, Quebec, Canada. In the Paralympic Games, Lord has won numerous medals as a member of the Canadian team including bronze (1994 Win ...

as a pre-teen who then invited him to the local para hockey club in Ottawa. He had surgery to amputate his leg above the knee in 2012 and began walking with a prosthesis.

Career

Jacobs-Webb made his international debut at the

2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships The 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 11th edition of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2021. The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by Ostrava, Czech Rep ...

while also completing the first year of his mechanical engineering undergraduate degree at

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

. He helped the team qualify for the gold medal round where they lost to the United States and took home second place. Following this, Jacobs-Webb was named to Team Canada for the

in Beijing. During the tournament, they again faced the United States in the gold-medal round which they lost 5–0 to earn silver.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs-Webb, Anton 2000 births Living people Canadian sledge hockey players Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Canada Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey Paralympic sledge hockey players for Canada Sportspeople from Gatineau