Matt Scott (basketball)
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Born | Detroit, Michigan | March 27, 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Scott (born March 27, 1985) is an American wheelchair basketball player.
Biography
Matt Scott was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was on the gold medal winning US team at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Brazil and 2011 as well. He also won a silver medal at IWBF World Championship in 2006 and then won a bronze one at the same place in 2010.[1] He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award for this.[2][3] He has spina bifida and competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics. He was the first US Paralympian to star in a Nike, Inc. advertisement. He attended University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is playing for GSD Porto Torres Wheelchair Basketball Team right now.[when?][citation needed]
References
- ^ "Matt Scott". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- ^ Yankton Press and Dakotan
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- American men's wheelchair basketball players
- Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People with spina bifida
- Sportspeople from Detroit
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater alumni
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of the United States