Josie Aslakson
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 14, 1995 Edina, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Trooper Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josie Aslakson (born September 14, 1995) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career[edit]
Aslakson represented the United States at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and finished in sixth place in the tournament. In August 2019 she competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a silver medal.[2]
Aslakson represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the wheelchair basketball women's tournament and won a bronze medal.[3][4]
She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Josie Aslakson". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Kortemeier, Todd (July 12, 2021). "Meet The 12 Members Of The U.S. Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "Josie Aslakson". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Lowery, Cady (February 14, 2021). "First-time Paralympians Josie Aslakson and Courtney Ryan Bring Heart And Hustle To Wheelchair Basketball Team". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Goldberg, Steve (June 9, 2023). "U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edina, Minnesota
- American women'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 bronze medalists for the United States
- People with paraplegia
- Basketball players from Minnesota
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American Paralympic medalist stubs