Matt Scott (basketball)
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| Born | March 27, 1985 Detroit, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
References
- ^ "Matt Scott". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- ^ Yankton Press and Dakotan
Categories:
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- People with spina bifida
- 1985 births
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater alumni
- Living people
- Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) players
- American wheelchair basketball players
- Sportspeople from Detroit, Michigan
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics