Robert Shaw (born December 6, 1989) is a Canadian

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

player who competes in international level events, he plays in the quads' division. He is a Parapan American Games champion in the quads' singles at the

2019 Parapan American Games The 2019 Parapan American Games ( es, Juegos Parapanamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, ...

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. He was partially paralysed from the neck down after a freak diving accident aged 21. Shaw qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Shaw won the silver medal at the 2023 Parapan American Games in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

in quads' singles.

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* 1989 births Living people Parapan American Games competitors for Canada Wheelchair tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Parapan American Games gold medalists for Canada Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Canada Sportspeople from Kelowna Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Canadian male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Canada-sport-bio-stub