Jeremy Lade Explained

Jeremy Lade
Birth Place:Oconto, Wisconsin, U.S.

Jeremy "Opie" Lade (born January 6, 1981)[1] is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and head coach from Oconto, Wisconsin. He was injured in a car accident at age 8, and attended his first wheelchair sports camp at the age of 13 at UW-Whitewater. He is a two-time Parapan American Games gold medalist in both 2007 and 2011. In 2002, he won a gold medal at IWBF World Championship and in 2006 won a silver one from the same place. Six years later, he was awarded a bronze medal for his participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and is currently employed as a head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.[2] From 2005 to 2008 he coached Milwaukee Wizards and led them to a Junior National Championship. In his spare time he likes to watch Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Milwaukee Brewers with Michael Jordan being his favorite athlete.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeremy Lade, Director of Wheelchair Athletics and Men's Head Coach . University of Wisconsin-Whitewater . December 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214162807/http://www.uww.edu/recsports/wcathletics/mens/profiles/lade.html . December 14, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Jeremy Lade. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190926/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/LA/Jeremy-Lade. dead. December 16, 2013. United States Olympic Committee. Team USA. July 17, 2013.