Sport: | Wheelchair rugby |
Disability Class: | 1.0 |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1982[1] |
Birth Place: | Port Jefferson, New York, U.S. |
Education: | University of Miami |
Lee Fredette (born November 11, 1982) is an American wheelchair rugby player and member of the United States national wheelchair rugby team.
Fredette represented the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in wheelchair rugby.[2]
He again represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in wheelchair rugby. As a result, Team USA automatically qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[3] On April 30, 2024, he was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[4]
On April 20, 2002, Fredette was paralyzed from the chest down when he fell head-first from his dirt bike while riding in the Hickory Bend parkland.[1] [5]