Brian McKeever (an haife shi a watan Yuni 18, 1979) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Kanada kuma ɗan wasan tsere, wanda ya zama ɗan wasan nakasassu na lokacin hunturu na Kanada lokacin da ya ci lambar yabo ta 14th a gasar wasannin nakasassu ta hunturu ta 2018.[1] Ya kammala wasannin na 2018 tare da jimlar yawan lambobin zinare 13 da lambobin yabo 17 gabaɗaya, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama ɗan wasan tseren tseren nakasassu da aka fi ƙawata har abada.[2]
Tarihin rayuwa
McKeever ya fara wasan kankara tun yana dan shekara uku kuma ya fara fafatawa tun yana da shekaru goma sha uku. A 19 ya fara rasa hangen nesa saboda cutar Stargardt.[3] A wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2002 da 2006 ya yi takara a cikin wasan tseren kan iyaka da biathlon. Ya lashe lambobin zinare biyu da azurfa a cikin shekarar farko da lambar tagulla a biathlon tare da lambobin zinare biyu da azurfa don wasan tseren kankara a shekara ta gaba.[4] Domin aikinsa a Wasannin 2006 McKeever an nada shi Mafi kyawun Namiji a Kyautar Wasannin Paralympic.[5]
Babban ɗan'uwan McKeever, Robin McKeever, ya yi takara a matsayin jagoransa a gasar nakasassu har zuwa 2014, lokacin da Erik Carleton ya karɓi ragamar.[6]
A cikin 2010, ya zama ɗan wasa na farko na Kanada da aka sanya sunansa ga ƙungiyoyin Paralympic da na Olympics.[7] A gasar Olympics na lokacin sanyi na 2010, zai fafata a tseren tseren kilomita 50 na maza, duk da haka kocin Kanada ya yanke shawarar maye gurbinsa da wani dan wasan tsere wanda ya yi rawar gani a wani taron farko a wasannin 2010 kuma ta haka bai zama dan wasa na farko ba. a duniya domin fafatawa a gasar wasannin nakasassu ta lokacin sanyi da kuma na lokacin sanyi a shekara guda.[8][9]
A gasar Paralympics na 2010 McKeever ya lashe lambobin zinare uku na tseren kankara.
McKeever ya maimaita wannan lambar yabo ta zinare sau uku a gasar wasannin nakasassu ta lokacin sanyi a Sochi na 2014, inda ya share wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na maza da mata a karo na biyu.[10]
A wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2018 a Pyeongchang, McKeever ya kasance mai riƙe da tutar Kanada a lokacin buɗe taron.[1] Kambun zinare da ya samu a gasar tseren kankara mai nisan kilomita 20 na maza shine karo na 14 na aikinsa, inda ya wuce Lana Spreeman a matsayin dan wasan nakasassu na lokacin hunturu a Kanada.[1] McKeever ya ci lambar zinare guda biyu da tagulla guda biyu, lambar zinarensa na uku sau uku, don yawan lambobin zinare 13 da kuma lambobin yabo 17 gaba daya, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama dan wasan tseren nakasassu da aka fi yi wa ado.[2]
Kafin gasar wasannin nakasassu ta lokacin sanyi ta 2022 a birnin Beijing, McKeever ya sanar da cewa zai yi ritaya bayan kammala wasannin. Ya share wasanninsa guda uku na nakasassu a karo na hudu a jere, ciki har da nakasasshen gani na maza na tsawon kilomita 20 na al'ada, gudun kilomita 1.5, da tseren kilomita 12.5 - lambar yabo ta 16 na Paralympic da na 20 gabaɗaya.[11][12]
Kyaututtuka da karramawa
A cikin 2011, an shigar da McKeever tare da ɗan'uwansa Robin zuwa cikin Babban Fame na Nakasa na Kanada.[13]
↑Kingston, Gary (23 January 2010). "Blind to limitations; McKeever becomes first winter Paralympian to qualify for Olympic Games". Vancouver Sun. p. G3. Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑Cernetig, Miro (17 February 2010). "Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal; Brian McKeever will be the first disabled athlete to compete in Winter Games and Paralympics". Vancouver Sun. p. D6. Missing or empty |url= (help)