Curtis McGrath
Curtis Wain McGrath, OAM (born 31 March 1988) is an Australian paracanoeist and former soldier. He took up canoeing competitively after both of his legs were amputated as a result of a mine blast while serving with the Australian Army in Afghanistan. McGrath won consecutive gold medals in the Men's KL2 at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, and has won ten gold medals and a silver at ICF Paracanoe World Championships between 2014 and 2019.
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| Full name | Curtis Wain McGrath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1988 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL2 VL3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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