Canadian wheelchair basketball player and CrossFit trainer
Chris "Stouty" Stoutenburg (born 1977) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player and CrossFit trainer. Following an accident as a teenager, he has won two Paralympics gold medals for Team Canada in 2000 and 2004.
Early life and injury
Stoutenburg was born in 1977.[1] He enrolled at Collingwood Collegiate Institute where he participated in football, basketball, golf, track, and field. During his senior year, he was scouted for his football talents by many Canadian universities before settling on the University of Guelph.[2] However, prior to starting his freshman year at the school, Stoutenburg fell two stories from a balcony and became paralyzed.[3] As a result of the fall, he fractured three thoracic vertebrae and required surgery to insert metal rods to help support his spine.[4]