Rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth, and the resulting damage, infections, and pain to his leg plagued him for years until his lower leg was amputated at age 39. During rehabilitation, Rosen joined the
Canadian National Sledge hockey team and participated in the
2002 and
2006 Winter Paralympics. Rosen was the oldest rookie in the history of the Paralympic Winter Games when he made his debut at 41. At the 2006 Games in
Turin, Rosen and the Canadian team won the sledge hockey gold medal. In January 2007, Rosen made headlines across Canada when his Paralympic gold medal was stolen during an autographing session with fans in
Toronto. After commentator
Don Cherry told the thief to drop the gold medal in a mailbox during his
Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, the medal turned up at a postal sorting station in Toronto and was returned to Rosen. He announced his retirement from the Canadian ice sledge hockey team on September 7, 2010 (along with captain Jean Labonte,
Todd Nicholson and Herve Lord). Rosen also competed in
sitting volleyball, another
parasport. He became a member of Canada's sitting volleyball team at the
2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rosen was part of the first official international match for Canada's sitting volleyball team when they played the United States on August 15, 2007. After retiring from competitive sports, Rosen became an official ambassador and spokesperson for
National Benefit Authority. When Rosen turned 50, he revealed that he had struggled with literacy his whole life and was returning to school. He then became an ambassador for ABC Life Literacy, to help people conquer the shame and stigma of
illiteracy. ==Statistics==