Aaron Cross
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| Born | June 28, 1975 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Para archery | |||||||||||
| Disability | Tetraplegia | |||||||||||
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Aaron Cross (born June 28, 1975, Waterloo, Iowa) is a quadriplegic American archer.
Education and sport
[edit]He graduated from Augsburg College in 1997. He is currently working on his Masters in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at Saint Cloud State University.[citation needed]
Cross was paralyzed in an accident while training for the Olympics.[1]
He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, taking fourth place,[2] and in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, taking fifth place.[3] He went on to compete in the 2002 Wheelchair Archery World Championships in Nymburk.[4] He won bronze in the Men's team event in archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[5]
As a member of the U.S. World Archery Team, he won a Team Silver 2002, a Bronze in 1994, and a Gold in 1993.
Cross has been featured in nationally syndicated magazines such as, Sport' N Spokes, Paraplegic News, Target and Spirit Magazine along with being featured on local, regional and national print and electronic media such as ABC and NBC.[citation needed]
In 2005, he was the first wheelchair user to attempt and finish a Navy SEAL (SAC) training course. He completed the course a second time in 2009.[citation needed]
- SCSU advance delegation to assess accessibility for Beijing, China
- U.S. Team Captain for the 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Archery Team
- Team Bronze 2004 Paralympic Medal Winner — archery
- Athlete Representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee for archery, 1996-2003
- Paralympic Committee (USOC, USPC) for archery, 2000–02
- Governor to the Minnesota State Archery Association, 2000–02
- Target VP to the Minnesota State Archery Association, 2002–04
- President of the St. Cloud Archery Association, 2000-2004
- Technical Delegate to International Paralympic Committee, 1996-2000
Awards
[edit]- Safari Club International Pathfinder Award, 2013
- Judd Jacobson Award for Success in Community and Professional, 2011
- Augsburg College Decade Award for Excellence in Profession and Community, 2005
- Toastmasters International of District Six, Speaker of the Year for Communication and Leadership in Community, State and Profession 2000
- Augsburg College, Key Maker Award Recognition for Academic Achievement, Personal Growth, in College and Career 1997
- Technical High School Commencement Speaker, St. Cloud, MN, 1993
References
[edit]- ^ Lake Benton Valley Journal
- ^ "AJC.com Archive Search Results". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Augsburg College page referencing Cross Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wheelchair Archery Championships. (WSUSA). - Palaestra | HighBeam Research". 2012-11-04. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "Texas Archery". Archived from the original on 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
External links
[edit]- 1975 births
- American male archers
- Archers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Augsburg University alumni
- Sportspeople from Waterloo, Iowa
- Living people
- Sportspeople with tetraplegia
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in archery
- Paralympic archers for the United States
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen