Name: David Wagner
Sport: Wheelchair Tennis
Event(s): Singles, Doubles
Classification: Mixed Quads
Height: 5-10
DOB: 3/4/1974
Birthplace: Fullerton, Calif.
Hometown: Walla Walla, Wash.
High School: Walla Walla High School (Walla Walla, Wash.) ‘93
College: Walla Walla University ’00, Elementary Education; Devry/Keller University, MBA
Coach(es): Dan James, Jason Harnett
Paralympic Experience
- Five-time Paralympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020); Eight-time Paralympic medalist (3 golds, 3 silvers, 2 bronzes)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, quarterfinals (doubles), round of 16 (singles)
- Paralympic Games Rio 2016, doubles (silver), singles (bronze)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, doubles (gold), singles (silver)
- Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, doubles (gold), singles (bronze)
- Paralympic Games Athens 2004, doubles (gold), singles (silver)
Other Career Highlights
- World Cup Team Member (2002 - 2019) - * World Champion - (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015)
- 2019 Lima Parapan Am Games - Quad Singles - Silver Medalist
- Three-time Australian Open - Quad Singles Champion - (2011, 2013, 2014)
- Eight-time Australian Open - Quad Doubles Champion - (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- French Open Quad Singles - finalist - (2019)
- Wimbledon Quad Singles - semi finalist - (2019, 2021)
- Three-time U.S. Open Singles Champion - (2010, 2011, 2017)
- Nine-time US Open Doubles Champion - (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
- 11-time NEC Masters Singles Champion
- 11-time UNIQLO Doubles Masters Champion
- ITF Quad World Champion - 2017
Personal:
Wagner has won more than a dozen Grand Slam titles and has ranked in the top three in the world for the majority of his career...Suffered a spinal cord injury in 1995 after breaking his neck in an accident on the beach which left him paralyzed from the mid-chest down, retaining only 30 percent feeling in his hands, therefore categorizing him as a quadriplegic...After he took up table tennis during his rehabilitation efforts, he grabbed a tennis racquet in 1999 and soon began to compete competitively...By 2003, he became the No. 1 ranked quad wheelchair tennis player in the world and has held the No. 1 ranking for a number of times in his career...Son of Cathy Carson and Joe Wagner...Has one sister, Heather and one brother, Shane...Hobbies include cooking, reading and cheering on the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners.
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