Declan Farmer

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| name = Declan Farmer

| image = Declan Farmer.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Farmer in 2015

| full_name = Declan Joseph Farmer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1997|11|5}}

| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

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| height = 6 ft 2 in

| weight = 145 lb

| position = Forward

| years_active = 2007–present

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| country = {{flagcountry|USA}}

| sport = Ice sled hockey

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

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Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an American ice sled hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. He won a gold medal in ice sledge hockey at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics.{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/FA/Declan-Farmer |title=Declan Farmer |website=teamusa.org |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021151528/https://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/FA/Declan-Farmer |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Career

A bilateral amputee, he has played sled hockey since the age of nine after first trying it out in Clearwater, Florida. He attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and graduated from Princeton University in 2020. In addition to the United States men's national team, he has played on the Spacecoast Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Bandits sledge hockey clubs. He made the American national team at the age of 14 in 2012. He is also the recipient of the best disabled male athlete at the 2014 ESPY awards.

In the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, he finished first on the American team in scoring, with eight points.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2013-06/future-now-declan-farmer-amazing-sled-hockey-performance |title=The Future Is Now: Declan Farmer amazing sled hockey performance |website=usahockeymagazine.com |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003190757/http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2013-06/future-now-declan-farmer-amazing-sled-hockey-performance |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://olympics.usahockey.com/page/show/890370-declan-farmer |title=Declan Farmer |website=usahockey.com |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140316000803/http://olympics.usahockey.com/page/show/890370-declan-farmer |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}} Farmer won his second Paralympic gold medal in 2018, while being the tournament's leading scorer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-fairytale-finish-declan-farmer |title=PyeongChang 2018: Fairytale finish for Declan Farmer |website=International Paralympic Committee}} He has qualified for his third Paralympic Games in 2022.{{cite web |title=Declan Farmer's Leadership, Talent Evident In U.S. Sled Hockey Opener |website=Team USA |date=March 5, 2022 |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2022/march/05/declan-farmers-leadership-talent-evident-in-us-sled-hockey-opener |access-date=November 2, 2023}}