Mark Ideson

Mark Ideson (born April 10, 1976, in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and won gold. He is married and has two children. He now resides in London, Ontario. In 2007, the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario and he now lives with quadriplegia.[1] He played hockey and golf before he was disabled.[2]

Mark Ideson
Mark Ideson in 2018.
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Born (1976-04-10) April 10, 1976
Parry Sound, Ontario
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 SochiMixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 PyeongChang Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Wetzikon Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Richmond Mixed team

Personal

Ideson is married and has two children, a 17-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, and a 13-year-old son, Myles. He went to the University of Western Ontario. He studied environmental Science there, where he met his future wife, Lara.[2] He was also a former Mustangs Cheerleader. After graduating university, he became a helicopter pilot and was introduced to wheelchair curling in 2010 at the age of 33.

Accident

In 2007, during a maintenance flight, his helicopter crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario. He broke 29 bones during the process.[3] 500 metres away, Daniel Hermann, an eight-year-old boy saw this and went to his mother to call 9-1-1. The ambulance arrived shortly after within 20 minutes. Ideson said "I had rehearsed for seven years what I was going to say to a kid that essentially saved my life. I could never really put it to words."[1]

References
  1. "Curler Mark Ideson credits an 8-year-old boy for his life and ability to compete at the Paralympics in Curling". Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "Mark Ideson | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. "Former Mustangs cheerleader Mark Ideson wins gold at Paralympics". 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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