Lindsey Zurbrugg

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Lindsey Zurbrugg
Lindsey Zurbrugg 2024 Summer Paralympics.jpg
Zurbrugg at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameLindsey Alma Zurbrugg
Born (1998-09-22) September 22, 1998 (age 25)
Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sport
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Disability class 2.5
Coached by Christina Schwab
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Dubai Team
Parapan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
U25 Women's World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Suphanburi Team

Lindsey Alma Zurbrugg (born September 22, 1998) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team.She represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. [1]

Career

Zurbrugg represented the United States at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and finished in sixth place in the tournament. In August 2019 she competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a silver medal. [2]

Zurbrugg represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the wheelchair basketball women's tournament and won a bronze medal. [3] [4]

She again represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal. [5]

In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal. [6] As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [7] On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [8]

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References

  1. "Lindsey Zurbrugg". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. Kortemeier, Todd (July 12, 2021). "Meet The 12 Members Of The U.S. Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. Evanson, Wade (July 6, 2021). "Hillsboro's Zurbrugg preps for Paralympic Games". News-Times . Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  4. "Lindsey Zurbrugg". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  5. Goldberg, Steve (June 9, 2023). "U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  6. "Parapan American Games Roster Selected for 2023 USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  7. "Ticket Punched: We're Going to Paris! Team USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Defeats Rival Canada, 62-56, to Secure Gold at the 2023 Santiago Parapan American Games". nwba.org. November 24, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  8. "Paralympics Games Roster Selected for 2024 U.S.A Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. March 30, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.