U.S. Olympic Athletes
Jason Nelms
Jason Nelms made his first appearance on the U.S. Paralympic Men's Wheelchair Basketball National Team at the 2002 world championships where the team won a gold medal. Nelms has been a part of the last two U.S. Paralympic Teams that finished out of the medals in 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Bejiing Games.
Nelms began playing wheelchair basketball with a local youth team in his native Michigan. He became a standout in the junior ranks and then went on to win a collegiate national championship with the University of Texas-Arlington in 2002.
When Nelms isn't training or preparing for the Beijing Games, he enjoys movies, football and wakeboarding. Nelms also works for ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc.
Major Achievements:
- U.S. Paralympic Team member, Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
- 2008: First place - North American Cup, Birmingham, Alabama
- 2008: NWBA Division II National Championship - Dallas ABC Mavericks
- 2004: Member U.S. Paralympic Team, Athens, Greece
- 2002: Gold medal - IWBF Gold Cup (World Championships), Kitakyushu, Japan
- 2002: NWBA Collegiate Division National Championship
