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Born | Port Hope, Michigan, U.S. | July 12, 1989||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Ice sled hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Woodke (born July 12, 1989) is an American ice sled hockey player. He was a member of the United States national team that won gold at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Woodke represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal.[1]
On March 29, 2011, while on foot patrol with the United States Marine Corps in Afghanistan, he stepped on an improvised explosive device. The blast resulted in the loss of both of his legs and damage to his right ear. He spent more than a year and a half at Walter Reed Medical Center recovering.[2]