Frank Vecera | |
Sport: | Para-athletics Snooker Wheelchair basketball |
Alma Mater: | Saint Louis University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Frank Vecera (born 1937/1938)[1] is an American paralympic athlete, snooker and wheelchair basketball player. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Paralympics.
Vecera attended Saint Louis University, where he studied to be an engineer. He also attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his BA degree in advertising design.[2] He was a member of the Long Beach Flying Wheels.[3]
Vecera competed at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament A event.[4] He then competed at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, winning three bronze medals, two silver medals and a gold medal in athletics, snooker and wheelchair basketball.[5]