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 MARK ZUPAN

Mark Zupan is a wheelchair rugby player and captain of the United States wheelchair rugby team that competed in the 2004 Paralympics. He is known for his appearance in the 2005 film Murderball. He was also part of the United States' gold-winning team at the 2008 Paralympics. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Thomas and Linda Zupan. He played college football and soccer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, earning a scholarship to Florida Atlantic University. MARK was in an accident Driving drunk, Zupan was thrown from the truck into a canal, where he clung to a branch for 14 hours until a passerby discovered him. He went into a state of hypothermia and became a paraplegic as a result of the accident. Zupan has incomplete quadriplegia and can walk short distances on crutches.