Bradley Kendell
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| Full name | Bradley J Kendell |
| Nationality | .png){kind=small} United States |
| Born | 8 February 1981 |
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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]
References
- ↑ Brad Kendell teamusa.org
- ↑ Paralympic medal tally Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine rio2016.com Retrieved on 3 November 2016
- ↑ Fennelly: Clearwater sailor Brad Kendell savors Paralympic shot www.tampabay.com Retrieved on 2 January 2017
- ↑ Clearwater plane crash survivor now Paralympic medalist Fox 13 News Retrieved on 2 January 2017
Categories:
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Living people
- 1981 births
- American male sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Clearwater, Florida
- Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sailing
- Paralympic sailors for the United States
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
- American sailing biography stubs