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paul rosen

paul rosen -lrb- born april 26 , 1960 -rrb- is a canadian sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker from thornhill , ontario .
rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth , and the resulting damage , infections and pain to his leg plagued him for years until his lower leg was amputated at age 39 .
during rehabilitation , paul turned his sights towards sledge hockey , made the canadian national sledge hockey team , and participated in the 2002 and 2006 winter paralympics .
rosen was the oldest rookie in the history of the paralympic winter games when he made his debut at 41 .
at the 2006 games in torino , rosen and the canadian team won the sledge hockey gold medal .
in january 2007 , rosen made headlines across canada when his paralympic gold medal was stolen during an autographing session with fans in toronto .
after commentator don cherry told the thief to drop the gold medal in a mailbox during his hockey night in canada broadcast , the medal turned up at a postal sorting station in toronto and was returned to rosen .
he announced his retirement from the canadian ice sledge hockey team on september 7 , 2010 -lrb- along with captain jean labonte , todd nicholson and herve lord -rrb- .
of note , rosen also competed in sitting volleyball , another disabled sport .
he became a member of canada 's sitting volleyball team at the 2007 parapanamerican games in rio de janeiro , brazil .
rosen was part of the first ever official international match for canada 's sitting volleyball team when they played the united states on wednesday , august 15 , 2007 .
