Jared Arambula
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| Born | January 8, 1990 Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jared Arambula (born January 8, 1990) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team. He represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Valparaiso, Indiana to Ray and Karen Arambula, Arambula was born with spina bfida.[1][2] When he was five, he discovered wheelchair basketball after he played in a softball league.[3] He attended the University of Alabama, where he played wheelchair basketball and helped the team win the national championship while also serving as their co-captain.[4][5] During his collegiate career, he won the Performance Award three times.[2]
Career
[edit]After his college career, Arambula began playing his club career in Italy.[2]
Arambula competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games, where his team won the gold medal.[2][6] He then became part of the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3][6] Arambula took part in the IWBF Americas Cup for the first time in 2017, which his team won.[7][8] He was part of the U.S. squad that won the silver medal at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[9]
Arambula took part in his second Americas Cup in 2025, where his team won the tournament.[10][11] This led him to be named the U.S. national team roster for the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jared Arambula". Team USA. Retrieved September 14, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Arambula Accomplished One Goal, Now Eyes Another Gold Medal". National Wheelchair Basketball Association. August 8, 2017.
- 1 2 "Hutton: Paralympic gold medalist Jared Arambula doesn't do boring". Chicago Tribule. November 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Crimson Tide wheelchair basketball: Home of determined athletes, not feel-good stories". AL.com. March 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Alabama captures first men's wheelchair basketball national championship". AL.com. March 9, 2013.
- 1 2 "Celebrating the Class of 2022: Jared Arambula". News at IU. May 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Canada and USA women to battle for Gold at Americas Cup 2017". IWBF. August 28, 2017.
- ↑ "USA men win seventh consecutive Americas Cup title". IWBF. August 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Elite class". Tuscaloosa News. September 6, 2018.
- 1 2 "Roster Selected for 2026 U.S. Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team". NWBA. April 26, 2026.
- ↑ "United States Reign Supreme at the 2025 IWBF Men's Americas Cup". IWBF. August 28, 2025.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- American amputees
- American men's wheelchair basketball players
- Alabama Crimson Tide athletes
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Valparaiso, Indiana
- Basketball players from Indiana