Kieran Block
Canadian sledge hockey player
Intro | Canadian sledge hockey player | |
Places | Canada | |
is | Sledge hockey player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 14 June 1985, Edmonton | |
Age | 39 years | |
Star sign | Gemini |
Kieran T. Block (born June 14, 1985) is a Canadian sledge hockey player, who plays on the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team. He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.
Block played stand-up hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2002 to 2006. He also played single seasons for the Vancouver Giants (2001) and Alberta Golden Bears (2007). He sustained injuries in a cliff jumping accident near Jasper, Alberta in the summer 2007 in which he broke bones in both of his legs, an ankle and a heel, and since then has only been able to walk unassisted with limited mobility. He is a teacher in Edmonton.