Travis Dodson (born October 14, 1985, in Silver City, New Mexico) is a retired Marine and Paralympian from

Deming, New Mexico Deming (, ''DEM-ing'') is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces and north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. The population was 14,855 as of the ...

. Dodson served in the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

and was wounded in action by a hand grenade in the

Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

in 2007.

Career

He competed for the

United States at the 2014 Winter Paralympics The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014. The team consists of 80 athletes (58 on foot and 22 on wheelchairs), including 6 guides for visually impaired athletes, competing in all f ...

in cross-country skiing ( Men's 1 km Sprint Classic and Men's 10 km) and biathlon ( Men's 7.5 km and Men's 15 km). At the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

he had switched to

para ice hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitat ...

. He was on the gold medal-winning team.

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* * 1985 births Living people American amputees American sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Ice hockey people from New Mexico People from Deming, New Mexico People from Silver City, New Mexico Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War United States Marines {{USMC-bio-stub