Chris Daw

Christopher Daw
Personal information
Born(1970-02-01)February 1, 1970
North York, Ontario
Home townStrathroy, Ontario
EducationStrathroy District Collegiate Institute
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
Occupation(s)Motivational Speaker, Department of National Defense
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Websitechrisdaw.ca
Sport
Country Canada
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Wheelchair curling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sursee
Gold medal – first place 2003 Scotland
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Sursee
Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 London
Gold medal – first place 2005 Richmond
Gold medal – first place 2006 Richmond
Sit-volleyball
Para PanAM Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Brazil

Christopher Daw (born February 1, 1970, in North York, Ontario) is a paralympian in wheelchair sports. Internationally, he competed in adaptive track, marathons, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, wheelchair rugby, and curling for Canada.[1]

In 1986, Daw won 6 Gold medals and set 6 world records at the first World Games for disabled youth in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He was a member of the 1984 and 1988 Canadian Paralympic adaptive track teams; a member of the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball team, and member of the Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics before taking up wheelchair curling in 2000 when he then won the first ever Gold Medal in the sport in Torino in 2006.