Jacob Williams
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Personal information | |
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Nickname | Jake |
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | August 2, 1991
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Sport | |
Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
Disability class | 2.5 |
Coached by | Miguel Vaquero Ron Lykins |
Medal record |
Jacob Williams (born August 2, 1991) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team.[1]
Career
[edit]Williams represented the United States in wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics twice, winning gold medals in 2016 and 2020.[2]
He represented the United States 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a gold medal.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jake Williams". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "Jacob Williams". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Goldberg, Steve (June 9, 2023). "U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes". teamusa.org. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American men's wheelchair basketball players
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Basketball players from Milwaukee
- American Paralympic medalist stubs