Tyler Carron

{{short description|American ice sledge hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1989|5|11}}

| birth_place = Thornton, Colorado, U.S.

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| height = 6 ft 0 in

| weight = 165 lb

| position = Forward

| years_active = 2008–present

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{{MedalSport | Para ice hockey }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Sochi | Team competition }}

{{Medal|DQ|2018 PyeongChang | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold|2012 Hamar|Team competition}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Buffalo|Team competition}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Goyang|Team competition}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Gangneung|Team competition}}

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Tyler Carron (born May 11, 1989) is an American ice sled hockey player.

Carron was born in Berthoud, Colorado. He is a bilateral amputee after a being struck by a car in high school. He won a gold medal with the American team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and was also the member of the US ice hockey team which secured record 4th Winter Paralympic gold medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.{{cite web |url=http://olympics.usahockey.com/page/show/890360-tyler-carron?__hstc=141928429.368d4e8fa2af03dc72b5ca5edef478aa.1422667404062.1422667404062.1422667404062.1&__hssc=141928429.2.1422667404062&__hsfp=4185074811 |title=Tyler Carron |work=Team USA Olympics and Paralympics |publisher=USA Hockey |access-date=January 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131082119/http://olympics.usahockey.com/page/show/890360-tyler-carron?__hstc=141928429.368d4e8fa2af03dc72b5ca5edef478aa.1422667404062.1422667404062.1422667404062.1&__hssc=141928429.2.1422667404062&__hsfp=4185074811 |archive-date=January 31, 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/ice-hockey/results-mixed-fnl-000100-.htm |title=Ice Hockey - Results Gold Medal Game |work=PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games |language=en |access-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319004101/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/ice-hockey/results-mixed-fnl-000100-.htm |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |url-status=dead}} Carron was banned for 18 months between March 2018 and September 2019 after testing positive for methadone at the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang. He was also stripped of the gold medal won at the Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/us-para-ice-hockey-player-suspended |title=US Para ice hockey player suspended |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=February 11, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2021}}