Kaitlyn Eaton
Appearance
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Nickname | Squirrel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | August 17, 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Sacral agenesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Trooper Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaitlyn Eaton (born August 17, 1994) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career[edit]
Eaton represented the United States at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and finished in sixth place in the tournament. In August 2019 she competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a silver medal.[2]
Eaton represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the wheelchair basketball women's tournament and won a bronze medal.[3][4]
Personal life[edit]
Eaton is openly lesbian.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kaitlyn Eaton". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Kortemeier, Todd (July 12, 2021). "Meet The 12 Members Of The U.S. Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "Kaitlyn Eaton". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Peyton, Lindsay (August 19, 2021). "Kaitlyn Eaton's can-do attitude gives her an edge on Team USA's women's basketball team". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (September 4, 2021). "These 2 out wheelchair basketball players took bronze with Team USA". outsports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- American lesbian sportswomen
- American women's wheelchair basketball players
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Basketball players from Houston
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American Paralympic medalist stubs