| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Talen Ray Jourdan |
| Born | October 25, 1999 [1] Deerfield, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
| Disability class | 1.0 |
Medal record | |
Talen Ray Jourdan (born October 25, 1999) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team. He will represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Jourdan attended University of Wisconsin–Whitewater where he was a member of the wheelchair basketball team. [2] He helped lead the Warhawk's to the 2024 National Wheelchair Basketball Association men's college national championship. [3] [4]
Jourdan represented the United States 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a gold medal. [5] At 23 years old, he was the youngest player on the team. [6]
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. [7] On March 30, 2024, he was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [8] [9] [10]
At 13 years old, during the opening morning of deer hunting season, Jourdan was in a tree stand while hunting when he experienced a bout of dizziness and fell to the ground. He broke his collar bone, suffered from a collapsed lung, and broken ribs, fractured vertebrae in his neck and suffered a broken T6/T7 vertebrae in his back. [11] Due to his injuries, he became paralyzed from the waist down. [12]
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