Macmilton “Mac” Marcoux (an haife shi a ranar 20 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1997) ɗan wasan nakasassu ɗan ƙasar Kanada ne wanda ya lashe kofuna uku a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IPC Alpine Skiing yana da shekaru 15. Tare da jagora Robin Femy, ya lashe lambobin yabo uku a cikin tseren tsalle-tsalle a lokacin hunturu na shekara ta 2014. Wasannin naƙasassu, gami da zinare a cikin babban giant slalom na naƙasassu. Har ila yau yana da kyaututtuka da yawa ciki har da shigar da shi cikin Sault Ste. Marie Walk na Fame. Yana da kane da kanwa. Yana kuma jin daɗin hawan BMX da kekunan dutse.

Mac Marcoux
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Sault Ste. Marie (en) Fassara, 20 ga Yuni, 1997 (27 shekaru)
ƙasa Kanada
Sana'a
Sana'a alpine skier (en) Fassara
Mac Marcoux

Rayuwa ta sirri

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An haifi Mac Marcoux a ranar 20 ga watan Yuni shekara ta, 1997 a Haviland Bay, Ontario. Yana zaune a wurin tare da iyayensa da yayyensa biyu, ƙane da ƙanwarsa. Ya fara wasan kankara tun yana dan shekara huɗu. Ya kuma hau babur BMX da tseren go-karts. A cikin shekara ta 2006, ya fara rasa ganinsa saboda cutar Stargardt,[1][2] yanayin lalacewa, kuma ya zama makaho bisa doka a cikin shekara ta, 2007. Ya ce: "Mun kasance dangi masu tsere tun daga farko. Ta haka ne na girma. Yin sauri wani bangare ne na shi. Da sauri kuka tafi yana jin daɗi".[3]

Bayan Marcoux ya rasa hangen nesa, ɗan'uwansa Billy Joe (B.J.) Marcoux ya yanke shawarar dakatar da karatun koleji don taimaka masa da wasan tsere.[4] Alpine Canada ya gabatar da su zuwa wani sabon nau'in gudun kan da ake kira Para-Alpine. ’Yan’uwan McKeever ne suka yi musu wahayi don yin abin da ba ya gani da ido. Ban da wasannin nakasassu, ɗan uwansa B.J. ya kasance jagoransa na gani ta hanyar amfani da sadarwar rediyo tun daga lokacin; wani abu da basu taba amfani dashi ba.[5][6]

Aikin Para-Alpine

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An rarraba Marcoux azaman ɗan wasan B3 (marasa gani).[2] Yana da shekaru 15, ya yi takara a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IPC Alpine Skiing a shekara ta, 2013 a Dutsen Hutt, New Zealand, tare da BJ a matsayin jagoransa, inda ya lashe lambobin yabo uku. Daga baya waccan shekarar ya ci lambar azurfa a cikin Giant Slalom a gasar shekarar 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championship a La Molina, Spain, kuma ya zama zakaran Slalom na kasa da Giant Slalom a Sun Peaks, British Columbia.[6]

Wasannin nakasassu na lokacin sanyi na 2014

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Gadon fure a cikin Sault Ste. Marie girmama 'yan'uwan Marcoux.

A shekara mai zuwa ya shiga gasar wasannin naƙasassu na lokacin sanyi na shekarar, 2014 a Sochi a matsayin ɗan ƙaramin memba na ƙungiyar nakasassu ta Kanada yana ɗan shekara 16.[7] Tare da Robin Femy a matsayin jagorarsa. Ya ci tagulla a duka Downhill da Super-G, da kuma zinare a cikin Giant Slalom sama da daƙiƙa biyu.[8][9][10] "Lokaci ne mafi kyau a rayuwata," in ji shi bayan ya lashe zinare. "Ba zan iya ma bayyana yadda abin mamaki yake ba."[10]

Mac da ɗan'uwansa BJ an shigar da su cikin Sault Ste. Marie Walk na Fame a ranar 19 ga watan Satumban shekarar 2014.[11]

Bayan-Sochi

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A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na shekarar, 2017 ya ci zinare a cikin ƙasa,[12] giant slalom,[13] slalom,[14] da super-G.[15] Ya kuma ci azurfa a cikin super hade.[16]

Sauran abubuwan sha'awa

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Ya yi tseren keken BMX da go-karts tare da ɗan’uwansa B.J. kafin ya kasance makaho. Bayan ya rasa ganinsa, sai ya kama kifi sannan kuma ya hau kekunan tsaunuka a Whistler tare da jagora ta hanyar amfani da irin tsarin sadarwa na rediyo.[6]

Kyaututtuka

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An ba Marcoux da ɗan'uwansa BJ kyautar H.P. Broughton Trophy kuma an sanya shi cikin Sault Ste. Marie Walk na Fame. A cikin watan Oktoban shekara ta, 2014, an kuma shigar da ’yan’uwa cikin Sault Ste. Zauren Wasannin Wasanni na Marie daga magajin garin Debbie Amaroso.[17][11]

Manazarta

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