Rob
Armstrong

A two-time Paralympic silver medallist and two-time world champion, Rob Armstrong will be looking to help Canada win more hardware at the 2026 Paralympic Games in Milano-Cortina.

Armstrong has continued to be a prominent defenceman with Team Canada earning silver medals at the 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 worlds. In 2024, Armstrong’s stellar play helped Canada to world championship gold.

As a youngster, he was already a  hockey fanatic. Even a virus, which attacked his spine and limited his mobility at age six, couldn’t deter his desire for the sport.

He initially enjoyed being a goaltender when he played road hockey with his friends. That’s when he started to copy the big names in the sport.

He pondered for nearly four years whether he would attempt to hop into a sled and try Para ice hockey. He started playing in 2006 with the Mississauga Cruisers, and it was love at first push.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Silver medallist at 2018 and 2022 Paralympic Winter Games… At the Para ice hockey world championships he helped Canada to gold in 2017 and 2024 and silver in 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025

PERSONAL

Graduated in 2024 from Carleton University with a B.A. Combined Honours, Major in History and Law and Concentration in Transitional Law and Human Right. … A ministerial athlete advisory committee member with Sport Canada from November 2024 to May 2025… On the Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council from 2018-2022… An athlete representative for Hockey Canada from 2018-2021.

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2025 IPC World Championships 2nd

2024 IPC World Championships 1st

2023 IPC World Championships 2nd

2022 Paralympic Winter Games 2nd

2021 IPC World Championships 2nd

2019 IPC World Championships 2nd

2018 Paralympic Winter Games 2nd

2017 IPC World Championships 1st