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Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. [1] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. [ 2 ] It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball worldwide.
They are the only team to have won the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in three successive tournaments (accomplishing that feat twice; 1979-1986 & 1994-2002) and medalling in nearly every tournament held of the Parapan American Games, as well as the IWBF’s U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
This division is for women attending a university that has a sponsored team. Most of the time, but not always, a college that has a women's wheelchair basketball team also has a men's wheelchair team. The Intercollegiate Women's Division features some of the best college level women athletes. The ball used is the standard women's size basketball.
National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is composed of 181 wheelchair basketball teams within twenty-two conferences. Founded in 1949 by Timothy Nugent, the NWBA today consists of men's, women's, intercollegiate, and youth teams throughout the United States and Canada. The league is made up of various divisions for athletes ranging ...
A Middle Georgia county received sizable grant for adaptive students. ... A portion of a $30,00 grant helped Peach County Schools put a wheelchair basketball team on the court last season, and ...
Salazar represented the United States 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a gold medal. [2] [3] In November 2023, he represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in wheelchair basketball. As a result, Team USA automatically qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4]
Team USA men's wheelchair basketball opens 2024 Paralympics with win vs. Spain. Gabrile Jackson. August 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM.
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation; R. Real (manga) This page was last edited on 20 May 2022, at 05:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...