Robert Shaw (born December 6, 1989) is a Canadian

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designe ...

player who competes in international level events, he plays in the quads' division. He is a Parapan American Games champion in the quads' singles at the

2019 Parapan American Games The 2019 Parapan American Games (), officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan Am ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

. He was partially paralysed from the neck down after a freak diving accident aged 21. Shaw qualified to represent Canada at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

. Shaw won the silver medal at the

2023 Parapan American Games The 2023 Parapan American Games, officially the VII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Santiago 2023 Parapan-Am Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. It celebrated the tradition of the Parapan Am ...

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

in quads' singles.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Parapan American Games competitors for Canada Wheelchair tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Parapan American Games gold medalists for Canada Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Canada Sportspeople from Kelowna Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Canadian male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair tennis {{Canada-sport-bio-stub