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The United States women's national wheelchair basketball team began in the mid-1960s. The first women's team to compete alongside men in the Paralympic Games was in the inaugural 1968 tournament. A few years later in 1977, a women's wheelchair basketball division was created in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA).
The following is the United States roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] United States women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2024 Summer Paralympics roster
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.. Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
Oberst made her international debut for the United States at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and finished in sixth place in the tournament. [8] [9] In May 2019, she represented the U25 Women's team at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and won a gold medal.
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.
In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal. [3] As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4] On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [5]
Eaton represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the wheelchair basketball women's tournament and won a bronze medal. [3] [4] In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal. [5] As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer ...
Rebecca Marie Murray (born March 15, 1990) is an American wheelchair basketball player and member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. She is a three-time Parapan American Games gold medalist in 2007, 2011 and 2023. In 2010, she won two more gold medals at IWBF World Championship and at U25 World Championship in 2011.