Brian Bell (basketball)

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|fullname = Brian Marceleus Bell

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|sport = Wheelchair basketball

|coach = Janet Zeltinger
Ron Lykins

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|24}}

|birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

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Brian Marceleus Bell (born February 24, 1989) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States men's national wheelchair basketball team.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/Brian-Bell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908053856/http://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/Brian-Bell |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |title=Brian Bell |website=teamusa.org |access-date=September 9, 2021}}

Career

Bell has represented the United States in Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics three, winning gold medals in 2016, 2020, and 2024.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1691712-bell-brian.htm |title=Brian Bell |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909073355/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1691712-bell-brian.htm |url-status=dead }} As a result, Team USA became the first men's wheelchair basketball team ever to win three consecutive gold medals at the Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-paralympic-games-team-usa-men-s-wheelchair-basketball-takes-historic-gold |title=Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Team USA men's wheelchair basketball takes historic gold |website=olympics.com |first=Maggie |last=Hendricks |date=September 9, 2024 |access-date=September 9, 2024}}

He represented the United States at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, winning silver medals in 2014 and 2018 and a gold medal at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2023/june/09/us-squads-enter-postponed-wheelchair-basketball-worlds-with-medal-hopes |title=U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes |website=teamusa.org |first=Steve |last=Goldberg |date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023}}