{{short description|American paralympic athlete and powerlifter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson |name = Dean Houle |image = Dean Houle.jpg |caption = Houle in 1983 |birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|21|1984|05|17}} |country = {{Flagu|United States}} |disability = Cerebral palsy<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-houle-like-oth/150335378/|title=Houle, like others, a determined competitor|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|location=Fort Worth, Texas|date=August 4, 1983|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=37|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> |sport = Para-athletics<br>Powerlifting |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{Flagu|United States}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalSport|Para-athletics}} {{MedalSilver|1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York|Men's 100 m C5}} {{MedalSport|Powerlifting}} {{MedalGold|1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York|Men's 60 kg}} }}
'''Dean Houle''' (born 1962/1963)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/830915802/|title=Olympic torch in Hartford|work=Sun Journal|location=Lewiston, Maine|date=May 11, 1984|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-athlete-greatly-honored/150335621/|title=Athlete Greatly Honored To Carry Olympic Torch|work=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|date=May 17, 1984|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=292|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>{{efn | Houle was 21 years old in 1983}} is an American paralympic athlete and powerlifter. He competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
== Life and career == Houle graduated from Conard High School in 1981.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-theres-room-for-disabl/150335579/|title=There's Room for Disabled In World Athletic Arena|work=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|date=August 4, 1985|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=83|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>{{efn | Houle was a 1981 graduate of Conard High School }}
Houle represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold and silver medal in athletics and powerlifting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results|title=Stoke Mandeville New York 1984 Results|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Houle, Dean}} Category:1960s births Category:Living people Category:Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Category:Powerlifters at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Category:Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
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