Jake Howe (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian

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player. He has represented the Steelers at the

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and the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where they won the bronze medal.

Personal

Howe was born on 4 June 1991. On 10 March 2012, Howe was wrestling with his best friend on the Barrack Street Jetty during a 21st birthday party river cruise. He landed on his head and this broke a bone in neck and crushed his spinal cord, paralysing him from the armpits down. At the time his girlfriend was pregnant and he now has a son Lucas. He lives in

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Wheelchair rigby

Howe is classified 1.0 player. Howe made his international debut for Australian wheelchair rugby team at the 2017 Ken Sowden Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in

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, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game. At the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo. Howe won his first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he was a member of the Steelers that won the bronze medal defeating Great Britain 50–48.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Jake Australian wheelchair rugby players Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Australia Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby 1991 births Living people