Facts:   - sport: judo wrestling racewalking    - residence: burnaby , british columbia    - paralympics: '' -71 & nbsp ; kg & ndash ; bronze '' ' ' 1984 summer paralympics '' ' : wrestling -65 & 1988 nbsp ; kg & ndash ; gold '' ' 1980 summer summer paralympics '' ' : 5 & nbsp ; km paralympics walk & ndash ; bronze '' ' : judo    - updated: 2 september 2012    - disability: deaf -- blind    - country: canada      - birth date: 29 august 1962   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eddie morten .
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eddie morten -lrb- born 29 may 1962 -rrb- , also spelled ` eddy ' , is a canadian paralympic athlete who won bronze in the 5 km walk in 1980 , gold in the -65 kg category in wrestling in 1984 , and bronze in judo in the -71 kg category in judo in 1988 .morten has been the coordinator of the deafblind services society of british columbia 's volunteer intervention program since 2007 , and in 2009 was awarded the western institute for the deaf and hard of hearing 's award of merit for his advocacy on behalf of the deaf-blind community .he is the younger brother of pier morten , another successful canadian paralympian .morten was born deaf but with good vision , which has gradually deteriorated due to usher syndrome .he is now completely blind in his left eye and has severely limited vision in his right eye .