William Groulx (born March 11, 1974) is an American

wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practised in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport. The US name ...

player and

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, and a member of the United States wheelchair rugby team. He was part of the US team that took the gold medal at the

2008 Paralympic Games The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

in Beijing, and a bronze medal in Athens in 2004. He won three medals for cycling in the

2016 Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...

. He served in the

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from 1995 to 2001. In 2001, he had a

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after a motorcycle accident. He was nominated for an

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in 2009, in the category Best Male Athlete with a Disability. He is a member of the

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External links

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Will Groulx Profile
on YouTube

by Jennifer Sheffield,

United States Quad Rugby Association ] The United States Wheelchair Rugby Association (USWRA) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for the domestic competition of wheelchair rugby in the United States. The organization shares voting privileges witUSA Wheelchair Rugby (U ...

, October 2003 1974 births Living people American wheelchair rugby players American disabled sportspeople Paralympic cyclists for the United States Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in cycling Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair rugby players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair rugby players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games United States Navy sailors University of Tennessee alumni Sportspeople from Clarksville, Tennessee Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub