Jorge Eduardo Sánchez (born October 3, 1991) is an American

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...

player and a member of the

United States men's national wheelchair basketball team The United States men's national wheelchair basketball team began in 1955 when the Pam Am Jets brought wheelchair basketball to Europe at the International Stoke Mandville Games, albeit in the form of netball. Shortly following the Pan Am Jets' do ...

. He represented the United States at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

Career

Sánchez represented the United States at the

2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany, from 16 to 26 August 2018. Both men's and women's tournaments were held, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams competing, representing 19 di ...

and won a silver medal. He represented the United States in

at the

and won a gold medal. He represented the United States 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a gold medal.

References

1991 births Living people American men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair basketball players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Basketball players from Oakland, California 21st-century American sportsmen Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair basketball Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub