Paul Schulte (basketball)

Paul Schulte (born 1979) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Paul Schulte

Personal information
Born	1979 (age 44–45) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Listed height	6 ft (183 cm)
Medals Men's wheelchair basketball Representing United States Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2012 London Team Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team World Championship 1998 Sydney Team 2006 Amsterdam Team 2010 Birmingham Team U23 World Championship 1997 Team

Biography

Schulte was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. When he was 10 he got into a car crash and was paralyzed since then. At the age of 14, he participated in his first wheelchair basketball game and by 2002 received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. After college, he became Dallas Mavericks' player and later became their coach.

In 1995 he was an NWBA Junior Division Champion and in 1997 won a silver medal at Under 23 World Championship. In 1998, Schulte was awarded with a gold medal at the IWBF World Championship while in 2006 he became a silver medalist and later in 2010 got a bronze medal all of which were in the same place. A year later, he was awarded a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games and during the 2000 and 2012 Summer Paralympics he was awarded with some more bronze medals. He was also a four-time NWBA Champion in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. Currently he is married to a woman named Meghan and has an eight-year-old son Brady. As of 2013 he was named National Wheelchair Basketball Associations' MVP five times in a row.

External links

• Paul Schulte at the International Paralympic Committee
• Paul Schulte at Team USA (archived)