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{{short description|Canadian ice sledge hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image        = Jean Labonte.jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = Labonte in 2015
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1969|3|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Hull, Quebec|Hull]], [[Québec|QC]], [[Canada|CA]]
| height_ft    = 5
| height_in    = 11
| weight_lb    = 195
| position     = Defence
| ntl_team     = Canada
| league       =
| draft        =
| draft_year   =
| draft_team   =
| career_start = 1996
| career_end   = 2010
| show-medals  = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[para ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Paralympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Winter Paralympics|1998 Nagano]] | [[Ice sledge hockey at the 1998 Winter Paralympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Winter Paralympics|2006 Torino]] | [[Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1996 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|1996 Nynäshamn]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2000 Salt Lake City]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2008 Marlborough]] | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2009 Ostrava]] | Team}}
}}

'''Jean Labonté''' (born March 20, 1969) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice sledge hockey]] player.

Labonté was diagnosed with [[osteosarcoma]] in his left [[tibia]] in 1986 at the age of 17 and finally lost his leg at the age of 20, in 1990. After his [[amputation]], Labonté turned his sights towards [[ice sledge hockey]] and made the [[Canadian National Sledge hockey team]] for the first time in 1996. He was on the Canadian team that won the 2006 sledge hockey gold medal at the [[2006 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Torino]]. He was the captain of the Canadian Team from the 2007–08 season until his retirement after the 2009–2010 season. He studied at [[l'Université du Québec en Outaouais]] and currently works at [[Alcatel-Lucent]] as a software designer.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==International career==
Labonté was named on the [[Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team|Canadian men's national ice sledge hockey team]] for the first time in 1996, at the age of 26. His first international tournament was the [[1996 IPC World Championships]] held in [[Nynäshamn, Sweden]]. Labonté was team Canada's captain from the 2007–2008 season until his retirement after the 2009–2010 season.

Labonté was the flag bearer for Canada at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver.

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Comp
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1996
| Canada
| [[1996 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|ISHWC]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998
| Canada
| [[1998 Winter Paralympics|PARA]]
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2000
| Canada
| [[2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|ISHWC]]
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002
| Canada
| [[2002 Winter Paralympics|PARA]]
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2004
| Canada
| [[2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|ISHWC]]
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006
| Canada
| [[2006 Winter Paralympics|PARA]]
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2008
| Canada
| [[2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|ISHWC]]
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009
| Canada
| [[2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|ISHWC]]
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2010
| Canada
| [[2010 Winter Paralympics|PARA]]
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
|- ALIGN="center"  bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| '''TOTALS'''
|
| ISHWC
| 22
| 3
| 7
| 10
| 10
|- ALIGN="center"  bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| '''TOTALS'''
|
| PARA
| 21
| 4
| 6
| 10
| 16
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/11737/la_id/1/ss_id/21749/player_id/8847.htm Player profile - Hockey Canada]
* {{IPC athlete|jean-labonte|Jean Labonte|old_id=993093}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Labonte, Jean}}
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Gatineau]]
[[Category:Canadian sledge hockey players]]
[[Category:Paralympic sledge hockey players for Canada]]
[[Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 1998 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2002 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics]]
[[Category:Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey]]


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