Malik Jones (sledge hockey)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malik Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 6, 2002 Aurora, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ice sled hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malik Jones (born December 6, 2002) 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.
Career
[edit]Jones represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal. He became the second black athlete to represent the U.S. in sled hockey at the Paralympics.[1]
He represented the United States at the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships and won a gold medal.[2] He again represented the United States at the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships and won a silver medal.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Jones has been playing sled hockey since the age of seven. He was born without shinbones and had his legs amputated at 10 months old.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Malik Jones". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Wins Gold at World Para Ice Hockey Championship". teamusa.usahockey.com. USA Hockey. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Takes Home Silver at 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship". teamusa.usahockey.com. USA Hockey. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ Lieberman, Stuart (February 21, 2022). "Sled Hockey's Malik Jones Gets To Play Alongside His Idols At The Winter Paralympics". teamusa.org. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
   | This article about a Paralympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to an American ice hockey player is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Aurora, Colorado
- American sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
- Sledge hockey biography stubs
- American ice hockey player stubs