Owen Pick
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1991 Cambridge, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 12 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Owen Pick (born 7 September 1991[1]) is a British war veteran and snowboarder. Pick was injured in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan, losing his right leg. As part of his rehabilitation he was encouraged to try various sports. He subsequently found success in world para-snowboarding events, including representing his country in the Winter Olympics in his sport and as a flag bearer.
Pick is originally from Cambridge, United Kingdom.[2] He lost his right leg in January 2010 while serving with the British Army in Afghanistan.[3] He had joined the Royal Anglian Regiment straight after leaving school and was 18 when he stood on an improvised explosive device (IED). The explosion caused significant damage to his leg and doctors battled to save it until Pick decided in August 2011 to have it amputated below the knee. While recovering in hospital Pick watched snowboarding for the first time.[4][5] The charity Blesma gave him the chance to try wakeboarding and snowboarding and he discovered his talent on the snow in Colorado.[4][6] Pick was nominated by Blesma and subsequently won the Sporting Excellence prize at the Soldiering On Awards in 2017.[7]