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Personal Profile:

Guerra has been one of the world's top sled hockey goalies for more than a decade. He's a five-time All-World goaltender and was a First Team All-Star selection from the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, where the USA was the surprise gold medal winner. At the 2006 Games in Torino, Guerra posted a 2.06 goals-against average (GAA) as the U.S. went on to win the bronze medal. “Manny” has been a member of every national sled hockey team since 1990. He was introduced to the sport in 1989 while attending a rehabilitation clinic in Minneapolis, Minn., where he saw a video demonstration. Guerra was already coming from a hockey background. He played goalie for his high school team, the George Washington Minutemen, wearing a simple knee brace to counter the effects of his instability.

Guerra is married and has four children. He has been a volunteer hockey coach with the United Way since 1995, participates in youth clinics for wheelchair sports such as tennis, basketball and sled hockey, and also serves as a motivational speaker at hospitals and schools.

Major Achievements:

2006 – Bronze medal – Paralympic Winter Games
2004 – Silver medal – IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
2002 – Gold medal – Paralympic Winter Games
All-Star First Team selection
Recipient of U.S. Olympic Spirit Award (presented to entire team)
1998 – Sixth Place – Paralympic Winter Games
1997 – IPC Swedish Winter Games
All-World goaltender
1996 – IPC Sled Hockey World Championships (Nynashamm, Sweden)
All-World goaltender
1995 – Bronze medal – IPC Swedish Winter Games
All-World goaltender
1993 – Silver medal – World Championships (Lillehammer, Norway)
All-World goaltender
1993 – U.S. Friendship Cup (Bloomington, Minn.)
Tournament MVP
1992 – Bronze medal – IPC Canadian Winter Games (Ottawa)
All-World goaltender