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Bradley Kendell

Personal information

Full name

Bradley Jackson Kendell

Nationality

United States

Born

8 February 1981 (age 43)
Clearwater, Florida^[1]

Medal record

Representing United States

Paralympic Games
Sailing
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	3-person keelboat (sonar)
ISAF Sailing World Cup
	2015 Miami	Para Sonar

Bradley Jackson Kendell (born 8 February 1981 in Clearwater, Florida) is a U.S. Paralympic sailor. He won a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the three-person keelboat (Sonar).^[2]

Biography

In 2003, he lost both his legs in an airplane accident which killed his father and a family friend, the only other people aboard. His father was originally from New Zealand and also a sailor.^[3]

He received a hero's welcome at Tampa International Airport after returning from Rio as a Paralympic Games silver medalist.^[4]

Biography

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