Natalie Schneider

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|fullname = Natalie Mae Schneider

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|11}}

|birth_place = Crete, Nebraska, U.S.

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|height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

|sport = Wheelchair basketball

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|disability_class = 4.5

|coach = Christina Schwab

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Natalie Mae Schneider (born February 11, 1983) is an American wheelchair basketball player and member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team.

Career

She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and got the second one at the North American Cup same year. In 2010, she won gold medal at IWBF World Championship.{{cite web|url= http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SC/Natalie-Schneider|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140228184330/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SC/Natalie-Schneider|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 28, 2014|title=Natalie Schneider|publisher=United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.{{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}}

In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/1279771 |title=Parapan American Games Roster Selected for 2023 USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team |website=nwba.org |date=July 22, 2023 |access-date=July 21, 2024}} As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/1292301 |title=Ticket Punched: We're Going to Paris! Team USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Defeats Rival Canada, 62-56, to Secure Gold at the 2023 Santiago Parapan American Games |website=nwba.org |date=November 24, 2023 |access-date=July 21, 2024}} On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/1305656 |title=Paralympics Games Roster Selected for 2024 U.S.A Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team |website=nwba.org |date=March 30, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024}}