Paul Schulte (basketball)

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Paul Schulte
Personal information
Born1979 (age 42–43)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States
Listed height6 ft (183 cm)
Medals
Men's wheelchair basketball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Amsterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Birmingham Team
U23 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1997 Team

Paul Schulte (born 1979) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Biography[]

Schulte was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] When he was 10 he got into a car crash and was paralyzed since then. At the age of 14 he participated in his first wheelchair basketball game and by 2002 received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. After college, he became Dallas Mavericks' player and later became their coach.[2]

In 1995 he was an NWBA Junior Division Champion and in 1997 won a silver medal at Under 23 World Championship. In 1998, Schulte was awarded with a gold medal at the IWBF World Championship while in 2006 he became a silver medalist and later in 2010 got a bronze medal all of which were in the same place. A year later, he was awarded a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games and during the 2000 and 2012 Summer Paralympics he was awarded with some more bronze medals. He was also a four-time NWBA Champion in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009.[1] Currently he is married to a woman named Meghan and has an eight-year-old son Brady. As of 2013 he was named National Wheelchair Basketball Associations' MVP five times in a row.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Paul Schulte". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Paul Schulte". PBS. Retrieved December 15, 2013.

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