Ben Moore (born 3 January 1986) is a British snowboarder. He is competing at the

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in snowboarding events for athletes with upper limb disabilities having lost the use of his left arm after a motorbike accident in 2006. Moore was a keen skateboarder before he had his accident. He qualified and started work as a snowboard instructor in Canada after being inspired to take up the sport during a holiday in Bulgaria. Moore missed the bus to work one day and, rather than waiting for the next one, decided to

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instead. This led to a chance encounter with competitive snowboarders who gave him the idea of competing himself. Moore began competing and achieved success when he won bronze in the

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SB-UL 2017 Para Snowboard World Championships in

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, Canada. He is set to represent Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, competing in Banked Slalom and SBX events alongside Owen Pick and James Barnes-Miller. Snowboarding was first added to the Paralympics in

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, with 2018 being the first time that Great Britain has been represented and the first time that upper limb category has been added to the events.

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1986 births Living people British male snowboarders 21st-century British sportsmen {{UK-snowboarding-bio-stub