Talen Jourdan
American wheelchair basketball player
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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.
| 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 | |
Early life and education
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]
Career
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] Won Gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
He played college wheelchair basketball for UW-Whitewater and was a one-time second team All American and a two-time First Team All American wheelchair basketball player. He won the NWBA Inter-Collegiate National Championship in 2024. [11]
Personal life
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.[12] Due to his injuries, he became paralyzed from the chest down.[13]
He graduated from Deerfield Wisconsin High School. [14]
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