Adam Kingsmill

Kingsmill was born on March 3, 2000, in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada.{{cite web |title=Adam Kingsmill |url=https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/adam-kingsmill |publisher=Paralympics |access-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216001025/https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/adam-kingsmill|archive-date=February 16, 2022}} Although he was born able-bodied, he lost his right leg below the knee in a lawnmower accident when he was a toddler. Kingsmill used a prosthetic leg growing up, which allowed him to play stand-up minor hockey in 2013, 2014, and 2015.{{cite news |last1=Balzer |first1=Kyle |title=Northern B.C. para-hockey product called to train with Canada's national team |url=https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/northern-bc-para-hockey-product-called-to-train-with-canadas-national-team-3278156 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |publisher=Prince George Citizen |date=January 20, 2021}} Beyond ice hockey, Kingsmill also participated in motocross racing and finished in the top five at the Pine Valley Motocross Association race in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Kendra |title=Local racer on track for success |url=https://www.interior-news.com/sports/local-racer-on-track-for-success/ |access-date=October 2, 2022 |publisher=The Interior News |date=August 28, 2014}} During the 2015–16 season, Kingsmill was one of 120 prospects invited to participate at the Cariboo Cougars Under-18 AAA club's three-day evaluation camp.{{cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Wendy |title=NO DOUBTS, ONLY SHUTOUTS |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/adam-kingsmill-shutting-out-doubts |publisher=Hockey Canada |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=September 4, 2015}}

As a result of his tryout for the Cariboo Cougars Under-18 AAA club, Kingsmill was invited to Hockey Canada's NextGen Prospects Camp in 2016. During the NextGen Prospects Camp, Kingsmill tried sledge hockey for the first time as he "never really had the opportunity being from a really small town."{{cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Wendy |title=NO SLED? NO PROBLEM! |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/kingsmill-sees-new-game-at-nextgen-camp |publisher=Hockey Canada |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=March 12, 2016}} Within the year, Kingsmill moved in with a Calgary billet family so he could join the Hockey Canada western training hub.{{cite web |last1=Larsen |first1=Karin |title=B.C. hockey goalie forges unique path from Smithers to Beijing Paralympics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-hockey-goalie-forges-unique-path-from-smithers-to-beijing-paralympics-1.6364988 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=February 26, 2022}} While continuing his sledge hockey training, he enrolled at Mount Royal University to complete his Bachelor of Health and Physical Education with a focus on athletic therapy.{{cite web |last1=Worden |first1=Zach |title=The road to Beijing |url=https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Stories/2022/02/the-road-to-beijing.htm |publisher=Mount Royal University |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=February 28, 2022}} As a student, he worked with the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames during their pre-season testing.{{cite news |last1=Duke |first1=Emma |title=MRU Student In Paralympics |url=https://www.thereflector.ca/2022/03/22/mru-student-in-paralympics/ |access-date=October 2, 2022 |publisher=The Reflector |date=March 22, 2022}}

Kingsmill made his international sledge hockey debut with Hockey Canada at the 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships. He helped Team Canada win a silver medal after losing in the gold medal game to the United States sledge hockey team.{{cite web |title=Ostrava 'the biggest thing' for Canada's Kingsmill |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/ostrava-biggest-thing-canada-s-kingsmill |publisher=Paralympics |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=June 21, 2021}} Following the loss, Kingsmill was named to the Canadian Paralympic team in September 2021 and he shared goaltending duties with teammate Dominic Larocque throughout the tournament.{{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Thom |title=Smithers' Adam Kingsmill and Team Canada move on to gold medal match in para hockey at Paralympics |url=https://www.terracestandard.com/sports/smithers-adam-kingsmill-and-team-canada-move-on-to-gold-medal-match-in-para-hockey-at-paralympics/ |access-date=October 2, 2022 |publisher=Terrace Standard |date=March 12, 2022}} After meeting the United States again in the gold medal round, Kingsmill and his team earned a silver medal for the second time.{{cite web |last1=Annicchiarico |first1=Mario |title=SILVER SHINES BRIGHT FOR KINGSMILL |url=https://www.bchockey.net/news-listing/silver-shines-bright-for-kingsmill |website=bchockey.net |access-date=October 2, 2022 |date=2022}}

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Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia

Category:Canadian sledge hockey players

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Category:Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Canada

Category:Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey

Category:Paralympic sledge hockey players for Canada

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