Corbin Watson
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Corbin Watson (born January 6, 1987) is a Canadian Paralympic ice sledge hockey goalkeeper.
He was a member of team Canada who defeated Norway and won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.[1]
Previously, he participated at the 2013 IPC World Sledge Hockey Championships where he and his team won a gold medal. An amputee, he lost his lower right leg following a car crash in 2006. Following the accident he joined Canadian sledge hockey team called Windsor Ice Bullets two years later in Windsor, Ontario where he was inspired by Ray Grassi, his teammate. In 2009 he won a gold medal at the Défi sportif tournament.[2]
He competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal, Canada's third consecutive silver medal in Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.[3]