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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.
This was the fifteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. [4] Eight teams were separated into two groups of four to determine the ranking for matches in the knockout stage of the competition. From there it was a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match. [1]
The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
The defending gold medal-winning U.S. men's wheelchair basketball opened the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a win against Spain on Thursday.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Anastasia Pagonis: Swimming: Women's 400 metre freestyle S11: 26 August Gold: Gia Pergolini: Swimming: Women's 100 metre backstroke S13: 26 August Gold: Robert Griswold: Swimming: Men's 100 metre backstroke S8: 27 August Gold: Roxanne Trunnell on Dolton: Equestrian: Individual championship test grade I: 27 ...
Team USA’s wheelchair men’s basketball team will play games in Charlotte this weekend. ‘We want to be your motivation’: U.S. Paralympic basketball team stops in Charlotte Skip to main content
Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France was hosted between 29 August to 8 September 2024. It featured men's and women's tournaments. There was a reduced number of teams participating; eight teams in each tournament, four fewer men's teams and two fewer women's teams than in the previous Games. [1]
Steve Serio, a two-time gold medalist and ESPY Award winner, returns as team captain for this fifth Paralympic games. Two-time Paralympian Jake Williams is a sharpshooter, and Trevon Jenifer has ...