Birth name Christina Ripp Nationality United States | Name Christina Schwab Role Basketball Player | |
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Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Residence Arvada, Colorado, United States | ||
Christina schwab 2016 u s paralympian wheelchair basketball
Christina Schwab (née Ripp) (born 1980 or 1981) is an American Paralympic basketball player and sprinter.
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Competition
Schwab started competing for Paralympic Games in 2000 where she got into the 5th place at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Four years later she won a gold medal in Athens, Greece for wheelchair basketball competition and in 2008 she won her second gold in Beijing, China. She was also awarded gold at International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Gold Cup and won bronze medal in track and fied trials. She used to get first place at National championships from 2002-2004. In 2006, Christina won a silver medal at IWBF Gold Cup and bronze one at IPC World Championships. She also got into the first place at Boston Marathon which was in 2003 and five years later got the same spot at the North American Cup.
Personal life
In December 2005, Schwab received a bachelor's degree in community health from the University of Illinois. Schwab then moved to Colorado and helped start the Denver Rolling Nuggets, a women's wheelchair basketball team. In 2011, she married CJ Schwab and they reside in Arvada, Colorado.