Height 193 cm (6.33 ft) Residence Charlottetown, Canada Name Mark Arendz | Country Canada Weight 75 kg (165 lb) | |
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Born 3 March 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-03-03 ) Sport Paralympic biathlon, Para-Nordic skiing Profiles | ||
Mark arendz wins silver at the worlds finsterau2017
Mark Arendz (born March 3, 1990) is a Canadian biathlon and Para-Nordic Skier. He was disabled at the age of seven when his arm got caught in the blades of a grain auger. He participated in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics and won 2 medals in total.
Contents
- Mark arendz wins silver at the worlds finsterau2017
- Mark arendz and yoshihiro nitta rollerski session
- Early life
- Career
- References
Mark arendz and yoshihiro nitta rollerski session
Early life
Arendzz was born on 3 March 1990 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. At the age of seven, he lost his left arm when he lost his balance putting corn into a grain auger. His arm up to his shoulder was caught in the blades and later amputated in Halifax. After the accident, he worked as a junior counselor for the War Amps organization. He also went to Nicaragua with the non-profit organization SchoolBOX to help build a school for the community who had to move.
Career
At his first Paralympics in Vancouver 2010, Arendz participated unsuccessfully in six races.
During the 2014 Paralympics, he received silver and bronze medals for the 7.5 kilometres Standing and the 12.5 kilometres Standing respectively. Arendz entered the 7.5 km standing biathlon as the defending champion. He came second in the event, seven tenths of a second behind gold medalist Vladislav Lekomtcev of Russia. Azat Karachurin, also from Russia, took bronze in the event. The weather conditions were not good as it rained with heavy fog for the 12.5 kilometre race. Arendz finished the race in 30:24:6 while the defending world champion Azat Karachurin of Russia took gold again. Arendz became the first Canadian to win two biathlon medals at the Winter Paralympics. After the games, his former ski club, Brookvale Nordic Ski Centre, renamed a ski trail in Brookvale, P.E.I after him, boasting this is where he trained. Arendz hopes the new ski trail will encourage more people to give biathlon and cross country skiing a try.
