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| Full name | Natalie Mae Schneider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 11, 1983 Crete, Nebraska, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Christina Schwab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalie Mae Schneider (born February 11, 1983) is an American wheelchair basketball player and member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team.
She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and got the second one at the North American Cup same year. In 2010, she won gold medal at IWBF World Championship. [1]
She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal. [2]
In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal. [3] As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4] On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [5]
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