Sean Pollard
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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-snowboarding | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | SB-UL | ||||||||||||||
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Sean Pollard (born 22 March 1991) is an Australian Paralympian who represented Australia in para-snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea and has been selected to compete at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.[1][2]
On 2 October 2014, Pollard was attacked by two sharks (possibly great whites) whilst surfing at Kelpids Beach, east of Esperance, Western Australia.[3][4] He lost his left arm and right hand whilst fighting off the sharks.[4] Before the attack he was an electrician, keen surfer and former South Bunbury footballer.[4] In March 2015, more than $100,000 was raised by his local community in Bunbury, Western Australia to assist him on his new journey.[5]
