Mackenzie Soldan
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| Nationality | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| Born | May 14, 1992 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) |
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Mackenzie Soldan (born May 14, 1992) is an American wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis player.[1][2] She represented the United States at the 2011 Parapan American Games where she won two gold medals,[3][4] 2012 London Paralympics in wheelchair tennis[5] and 2016 Rio Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.[6][7] She has played for the U.S. women's wheelchair basketball team since 2013.[8]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Soldan was born in Saginaw, Michigan.[8] She lost the use of her legs because of a spinal cord tumor at age 2.[2][9] At age 18 she graduated from Christian Academy of Louisville. When she was in high school, she was a top-ranked player in the Junior wheelchair tennis team. She was also the Women's division' number one player as well.[10] In 2010, due to her passion for basketball she was signed to the University of Alabama's wheelchair basketball team, where she earned another national number one rank.
Career
[edit | edit source]In late October 2011, she got a phone call saying that she might be qualified for the Parapan American Games.[10] Soldan decided to go, and brought home 2 gold medals for singles and doubles.[2] Besides winning those medals she also carried an American flag which was given by her coach.[10]
She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.[11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Soldan currently resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Besides sports, she plays the guitar and piano as a hobby. In 2007, she participated at the U.S. Under 19 Wheelchair Basketball Team and in 2011 won a gold medal in the U.S. Under 25 Team. The same year, Mackenzie was a member of Collegiate National Wheelchair Basketball Championship and represented University of Alabama there.[12] In 2016, she graduated with a master's degree in marketing.[8]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mackenzie Soldan at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mackenzie Soldan at the International Paralympic Committee Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mackenzie Soldan at Team USA (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Team USA player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived November 8, 2016)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- American female tennis players
- American wheelchair tennis players
- American women's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the United States
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People with paraplegia
- Sportspeople from Saginaw, Michigan
- Basketball players from Louisville, Kentucky
- Tennis players from Louisville, Kentucky
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Tennis players from Michigan
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair tennis
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games