Joshua Sweeney
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Sweeney in 2015
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| Born |
June 6, 1987 Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/ |
 United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 2005–2010 |
| Rank |
 Sergeant
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| Unit | 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines |
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| Awards |
 Purple Heart
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Sweeney in 2015
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| Nationality |
United States
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| Education | Ironwood High School | ||||||||||
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Joshua Sweeney is an American gold medal sled hockey player and Purple Heart recipient who competed in 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.
Sweeney's passion for hockey began at an early age, as he played ice hockey during middle school & competed in his high school team. A graduate Ironwood High School's class of 2005, he shortly enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
On September 2009, Sergeant Sweeney was deployed to Afghanistan for his second deployment as a scout sniper to Nowzad,Afghanistan.
On October 28, 2009, while on patrol duty, Sgt. Sweeney was injured when he stepped on an IED. The blast severed both his legs & caused injury to his left hand & arm. He had to wait 2 hours to be evacuated.
In 2014, Sweeney joined Paralympic sled hockey team and lost 2-1 to the Russians. Couple of days later, he scored the only goal with which his team won a gold medal in a final against the same country. A native of Arizona, he is married and moved near Hillsboro, Oregon, in 2014. He received a new specially adapted home from the Homes For Our Troops non-profit group in November 2014.
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