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Jeremy "Opie" Lade (born January 6, 1981) [1] is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and head coach from Oconto, Wisconsin. He was injured in a car accident at age 8, and attended his first wheelchair sports camp at the age of 13 at UW-Whitewater. He is a two-time Parapan American Games gold medalist in both 2007 and 2011. In 2002, he won a gold medal at IWBF World Championship and in 2006 won a silver one from the same place. Six years later, he was awarded a bronze medal for his participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and is currently employed as a head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. [2] From 2005 to 2008 he coached Milwaukee Wizards and led them to a Junior National Championship. In his spare time he likes to watch Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Milwaukee Brewers with Michael Jordan being his favorite athlete. [1]
- ^ a b "Jeremy Lade, Director of Wheelchair Athletics and Men's Head Coach". University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Jeremy Lade". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- Jeremy Lade at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jeremy Lade at Team USA (archived)
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- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People from Oconto, Wisconsin
- Basketball players from Wisconsin
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- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
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Jeremy "Opie" Lade (born January 6, 1981) [1] is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and head coach from Oconto, Wisconsin. He was injured in a car accident at age 8, and attended his first wheelchair sports camp at the age of 13 at UW-Whitewater. He is a two-time Parapan American Games gold medalist in both 2007 and 2011. In 2002, he won a gold medal at IWBF World Championship and in 2006 won a silver one from the same place. Six years later, he was awarded a bronze medal for his participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and is currently employed as a head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. [2] From 2005 to 2008 he coached Milwaukee Wizards and led them to a Junior National Championship. In his spare time he likes to watch Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Milwaukee Brewers with Michael Jordan being his favorite athlete. [1]
- ^ a b "Jeremy Lade, Director of Wheelchair Athletics and Men's Head Coach". University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Jeremy Lade". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- Jeremy Lade at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jeremy Lade at Team USA (archived)
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| This article about a Paralympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- American men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People from Oconto, Wisconsin
- Basketball players from Wisconsin
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs
- American Paralympic medalist stubs