Brandon Wagner (basketball)
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| Born | April 18, 1983 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
Brandon Wagner (born April 18, 1983) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player from Kitchener, Ontario. He began playing wheelchair basketball in 1995 and 10 years later joined U23 junior national team. In 2007 he won a silver medal at the Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. A year later, he supported University of Illinois toward collegiate championship win. In 2009, he was named Student-Athlete of the Year at his alma-mater and two years later won bronze at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] In 2012 he participated at his first Olympics in London where he won gold.[2]
References
- ^ "Brandon Wagner". Paralympic.ca. Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ Dileen Simms (March 31, 2012). "Paralympic rookie goes for gold in wheelchair basketball". Toronto Observer. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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- 1983 births
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- Canadian men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
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