HINZE Nate

United States of America

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 12 Jun 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4.5

Place of birth: SHEBOYGAN, WI

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : CEDAR GROVE, WI

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #08 USA United States 58 GER Germany 55	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #23 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 41 USA United States 65	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #31 GBR Great Britain 64 USA United States 63	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #40 USA United States 66 AUS Australia 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #50 ALG Algeria 25 USA United States 86	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #58 USA United States 52 TUR Turkey 45	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Semifinal #67 ESP Spain 52 USA United States 66	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Gold Medal Match #73 USA United States 64 JPN Japan 60	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
2	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
2	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
3	Men	2010	Birmingham, GBR

Nate (Instagram profile, 26 Mar 2021)

Jet skiing, spending time with his family and friends, playing computer games. (teamusa.org, 18 Sep 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Director, Teacher

Coaching, Physical Education - University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, USA

Wife Ashley, daughters Reese and Lena, son Luka

Languages spoken:

Milwaukee Wheelchair Bucks [United States]

Ron Lykins [national], USA

2009 for United States, in Vancouver, Canada (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

National league:

NWBA Division 1 [USA] (nwba.org, 18 Feb 2020)

He took up wheelchair basketball at age 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the United States of America. (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

He was introduced to wheelchair basketball during a Make A Wish Foundation trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2006, where players from the US team were giving demonstrations. Shortly after he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the United States of America, and contacted the coach, who encouraged him to try the sport. (usparalympics.org, 18 Oct 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 25 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Winners never quit, quitters never win." (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

He was named the Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2011 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament [NIWBT]. (UWhitewater YouTube channel, 13 Jul 2011)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Impairment Details
At age 16 his was diagnosed with osteosarcoma during his junior year of high school. He went through nine months of chemotherapy and a 14-hour surgery to remove a tumour from his leg. The surgeons replaced his knee and part of his tibia with titanium. (Athlete, 11 May 2016; teamusa.org, 18 Sep 2018)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He studied for a master's degree in educational leadership and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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