Paul Schulte (basketball)

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

Paul Schulte
Personal information
Born1979 (age 43–44)
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 place2000 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1998 SydneyTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 AmsterdamTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 BirminghamTeam
U23 World Championship
Silver medal – second place1997Team

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. "Paul Schulte". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  2. "Paul Schulte". PBS. Retrieved December 15, 2013.


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