Evan Strong
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2014 Paralympic Gold Medalist
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| Disciplines | Para-Snowboard Cross |
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| Born |
November 13, 1986 (age 30) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| World Cup debut | 2008 |
| Website | www |
| Paralympics | |
| Teams | USA 2014 Gold Medal |
| World Championships | |
| Medals | 2012 (2012 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Wins | 11 |
| Podiums | 17 |
| Overall titles | 2011, 2012, 2013 1st, 2014 2nd |
| Discipline titles | 2012 world champion |
| Last updated on: March 16, 2014 | |
Evan Strong (born November 13, 1986) is an American Para-snowboard cross racer who began his career in 2008. He is the gold medalist in para snowboard cross at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia and lead the USA team to a sweep of the podium. He was the 2012 World Champion and has won ten WFS and IPC World Cup races.
Strong won the men's para-snowboard World Championship title in 2012. Strong is the winter X-Games 15 gold medalist in adaptive boarder cross and ten time world cup gold medalist in para-snowboard cross. Strong is the gold medal winner in para snowboard cross at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia and lead the USA team to a sweep of the podium.
Evan Strong was born in San Francisco, California, to Dr. Roger Edward Strong, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, and Lisa Anne Rees Strong, of Pasadena, California. Strong is the second of the three children in his family, with an older sister, Stephanie (b. June 3, 1983) and younger sister, Arianna (b. Sept. 30, 1991). He moved to Maine in 1988 where he had his first introduction to snow. He moved to Maui, Hawaii in 1995, where he lived until 2006. While in Hawaii he pursued his interest in skateboarding with the desire to become a professional skateboarder. He married Mariah Fulcher (b. Dec. 7, 1991) also of Maui, Hawaii on Oct. 2, 2010 in Keanae, Maui.
On November 3, 2004, shortly before his eighteenth birthday, while riding a motorcycle Strong was hit by a speeding, oncoming car which resulted in the amputation of his left leg below the knee. Strong was first fitted for a prosthetic leg by Mike Norell of Norell Prosthetics in Mountain View, California. Strong was helped in his recovery by organizations including Challenged Athletes Foundation and Adaptive Action Sports to relearn to skateboard, bicycle and snowboard. In January 2007 Strong attempted to snowboard for the first time at Sun Valley, Idaho. In October 2007 Strong moved to Truckee, California to work at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort and became very proficient at snowboarding with a prosthetic.
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