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Dylan, is a 15 year old paraplegic child. He was born with Spina Bifida and confined to a wheelchair. He has lived in Grande Prairie since 1998. He currently attends high school and is in grade 10. Amongst his studies, e plays wheelchair basketball competitively and is on the Alberta Junior team for the second year in a row. He is now also a team member for the Canada Games in Prince George, B.C next March.
A year an a half ago, he asked what he could do to
be bigger, faster, & stronger. I suggested
that he start training functionally at the gym. He did and that's
when this story gets interesting. We took the suggestion of world
class & world record holding powerlifter, Barry Antoniow to
pursue parapowerlifting. He trains locally with a trainer through
World Gym and she corresponds with Barry out of Vernon, B.C. Dylans
very first competition last August proved very successful and he
made unofficial provincial records in his age and weight class. He
continued to perform a successful lift last October. He qualifies
for the Canadian Powerlifting Union National Event in St.
Catharines, Ontario in April. There, he will compete as a sub junior
contender but will potentially set sub junior, junior and open
records for his weight class of under 49 kgs. He is a PanAm hopeful
for 2015 and from there on the quest for qualification to the Summer
Games in Rio in 2016. To the best of my knowledge he is the first
athlete of his kind to represent Alberta in this sport, this age
group and ability group.
Help us support him and his hefty goals. He displays
strength, fortitude and a "no excuses" committment to
his goals. When a community backs it's members, great things happen!
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