Derek Whitson

Derek Whitson (born 21 June 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Derek Whitson

Whitson in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Years active	2007–present
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Ice sledge hockey
Position	Defence
Medal record Representing  Canada Men's para ice hockey Paralympic Games 2014 Sochi Team competition World Championships 2013 Goyang Team competition 2015 Buffalo Team competition Football 7-a-side Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy. He joined the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team in 2007 after playing sledge hockey in the Windsor Ice Bullets sledge hockey program.[1] He was a member of the Canadian sledge hockey team that won the silver medal at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge,[1] as well as the one that competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[1] He was also a member of team who won the gold medal in the 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships in Korea.[2] Whitson also is a player of football 7-a-side, in which he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.[1] He is also an avid golfer and artist, in which he has donated pieces of his art to art auctions in support of Canadian athletes.[1]