| Jeromie Meyer | |
| Fullname: | Jeromie Alex Meyer II |
| Sport: | Wheelchair basketball |
| Education: | University of Nebraska Omaha University of Wisconsin–Whitewater |
| Disability Class: | 2.0 |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Woodbine, Iowa, U.S. |
Jeromie Alex Meyer II (born April 11, 1997) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team. He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Meyer attended Woodbine High School in Woodbine, Iowa. He then played wheelchair basketball at University of Nebraska Omaha, where he was a founding member of the Nebraska Red Dawgs.[2] [3]
Meyer represented the United States 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a gold medal.[4] [5]
In November 2023, he represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in wheelchair basketball. As a result, Team USA automatically qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6] On March 30, 2024, he was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[7] [8] He won a gold medal in wheelchair basketball.[9]
Meyer was struck by a drunk driver while riding his bicycle at nine years old.[10] He broke every bone in his right leg, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations on both of his knees from the handlebars, and a T-10 spinal contusion, which left him paralyzed from the hips down.[2]