Desiree Miller (born August 12, 1987) is a

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athlete from

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competing mainly in wheelchair basketball. Miller is the oldest of four children from Eugene and Denise Miller, and has a rare form of spina bifida. Miller believed her disability would bar her from sports activities until she discovered wheelchair basketball. Miller competed at the

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and at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. As the captain of the U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, the team won the team gold medal in women's wheelchair basketball. Miller was married to Mareike Miller (Adermann), who is a member of the German Wheelchair Basketball Team.

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