Matt Scott (basketball)

Matt Scott

Personal information
Nationality	United States
Medal record Wheelchair basketball Paralympic Games

Matt Scott (born March 27, 1985) is a wheelchair basketball player. He was on the gold medal winning US team at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Brazil. He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award for this.^[1][2] He has spina bifida and competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics. He was the first US Paralympian to star in a Nike, Inc. advertisement. He attended Georgia College & State University. He is playing for Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team in Türkiye right now.

References

1. ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
2. ^ Yankton Press and Dakotan

Persondata
Name	Scott, Matt
Alternative names	Matador
Short description
Date of birth	March 27, 1985
Place of birth	Wrightsville, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death