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| Nickname | Jamie Anseeuw | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 16, 1959 Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair curling | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Anseeuw (born September 16, 1959) is a Canadian Wheelchair curler. As the oldest Canadian Paralympic athlete, he helped Canada win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea.
Anseeuw was born on September 16, 1959, in Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada.[1]
In the 1990s, Anseeuw was a semi-professional snowmobile racer until he became paralyzed after a crash on March 27, 1999.[2][3] At the time of the accident, Anseeuw was team manager for the Flying Canucks and Arctic Cat's Canadian Racing Coordinator.[4] Arctic Cat began a trust fund in his name,[5] and mentee Blair Morgan began raising money for spinal cord research.[6]
In 2014, Anseeuw was convinced to try wheelchair curling by Dennis Thiessen.[7] He trained with the Assiniboine Curling Club and competed with Team Manitoba at the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, where they finished in first place.[8] Three years later, he again won gold with Team Manitoba at the 2017 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship.[9]
At the age of 58, Anseeuw was the oldest athlete selected to compete for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea.[10] The Canadian wheelchair curling team was eliminated in the semi-finals, which earned them a bronze medal.[11]
