Name: Ixhelt Gonzalez

Sport: Wheelchair Basketball

Classification: 4.5

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 137 lbs

DOB: 6/1/2004

Birthplace: Oak Lawn, Ill.

Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

High School: St. Francis de Sales High School (Chicago, Illinois) ‘22

Paralympic Experience

• One-time Paralympian (2020); One-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – 6th
• Years of competition: 2018

Personal: Gonzalez was diagnosed with femoral anteversion, which causes her hips and feet to twist inward but does not require her to use a wheelchair in her daily life. She made the 2018 U.S. women's wheelchair basketball national team roster at age 13. Gonzalez says her basketball journey began when she watched her big brother play, who has cerebral palsy. She plays wheelchair softball in the off-season…Daughter of Tomasa Gonzalez…Hobbies include singing, drawing, writing, gardening and traveling.