Brandon Wagner (basketball) explained

Brandon Wagner
Birth Date:18 April 1983
Birth Place:Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Brandon Wagner (born April 18, 1983) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player from Kitchener, Ontario. He began playing wheelchair basketball in 2002 and joined the U23 junior national team in 2005. In 2007, he won a silver medal at the Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. A year later, he supported the University of Illinois toward a collegiate championship win. In 2009, he was named Student-Athlete of the Year at his alma mater, and two years later, he won bronze at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] In 2012, he participated in his first Olympics in London, where he won gold.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brandon Wagner . Paralympic.ca . . December 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141212010051/http://paralympic.ca/athletes/40684 . December 12, 2014 . dead .
  2. News: Paralympic rookie goes for gold in wheelchair basketball . Dileen Simms . Toronto Observer . March 31, 2012 . December 12, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404072348/http://torontoobserver.ca/2012/03/31/paralympic-rookie-goes-for-gold-in-wheelchair-basketball/ . April 4, 2012 .