Natalie Mae Schneider (born February 11, 1983) is an American wheelchair basketball player and member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team.
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| Full name | Natalie Mae Schneider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 11, 1983 Crete, Nebraska, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Christina Schwab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe won her first gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and got the second one at the North American Cup same year. In 2010, she won gold medal at IWBF World Championship.[1]
She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.[2]
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]
References
edit- ^ "Natalie Schneider". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Goldberg, Steve (June 9, 2023). "U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes". teamusa.org. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Parapan American Games Roster Selected for 2023 USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Ticket Punched: We're Going to Paris! Team USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Defeats Rival Canada, 62-56, to Secure Gold at the 2023 Santiago Parapan American Games". nwba.org. November 24, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics Games Roster Selected for 2024 U.S.A Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. March 30, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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