Brandon Wagner
Personal information
Born (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Medals
Men's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam competition
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam competition
Bronze medal – third place2011 GuadalajaraTeam competition

Brandon Wagner (born April 18, 1983) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player from Kitchener, Ontario. He began playing wheelchair basketball in 2002 and joined the U23 junior national team in 2005. In 2007 he won a silver medal at the Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. A year later, he supported University of Illinois toward collegiate championship win. In 2009, he was named Student-Athlete of the Year at his alma-mater and two years later won bronze at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] In 2012 he participated at his first Olympics in London where he won gold.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Wagner". Paralympic.ca. Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Dileen Simms (March 31, 2012). "Paralympic rookie goes for gold in wheelchair basketball". Toronto Observer. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2014.


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