Sarah Adam

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| name = Sarah Adam

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|12|17}}

| birth_place = Naperville, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater = Washington University (OTD)
Augustana College (BS)

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| sport = Wheelchair rugby

| disability_class = 2.5

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Sarah Adam (born December 17, 1990){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/sarah-adam_2487715 |title=ADAM Sarah |work=Paris 2024 Paralympics |access-date=September 1, 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/sarah-adam_2487715 alternate link]) is an American wheelchair rugby player and occupational therapy professor from Naperville, Illinois.{{cite news |last1=Gavin |first1=Mike |title=‘Murderball' is for women, too: How Sarah Adam became the first woman on the US Paralympic wheelchair rugby team |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/sarah-adam-wheelchair-rugby-paralympics/3464313/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=NBC Boston |date=August 21, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Sarah Adam |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/sarah-adam |website=Team USA Profiles |publisher=Team USA |access-date=August 25, 2024 |language=en |date=April 11, 2024}}

Rugby career

Adam was a part of the United States national wheelchair rugby team lineups that won gold at the 2022 Americas Championship, silver at the 2022 World Championship, and gold at the 2023 Parapan American Games, making her the first American woman to win gold in the latter event.{{cite web |title=USAWR Announces 2024 Paralympic Roster |url=https://usawr.org/usawr-announces-2024-paralympic-roster/ |website=USA Wheelchair Rugby |publisher=USAWR |access-date=August 25, 2024}}

On April 30, 2024, Adam was officially named to the U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team roster for the 2024 Summer Paralympics, making her the first-ever woman to represent the United States in wheelchair rugby at a Paralympic Games.{{cite news |last1=Hyatt |first1=Greg |title=After fully embracing life in a wheelchair, she's riding it straight to the Paralympic Games |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/paralympics/sarah-adam-paralympics-rcna167464 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=NBC News |date=August 21, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Jarreau |first=Caleb |title=Sarah Adam becomes first woman to play on U.S. wheelchair rugby team |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/29/sarah-adam-first-woman-us-wheelchair-rugby/74999626007/ |access-date=August 30, 2024 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} At the games, she became the first American woman to score in Paralympic wheelchair rugby,{{Cite web |title=Paralympian Sarah Adam Makes History as the First American Woman to Score in Wheelchair Rugby |url=https://people.com/paralympian-sarah-adam-makes-history-first-american-woman-score-wheelchair-rugby-8704195 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2024 |title=As Team USA’s Rising Star, Sarah Adam Makes Paralympics History in Wheelchair Rugby |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/sarah-adam-makes-paralympics-history-wheelchair-rugby |access-date=August 30, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en-US}} and the U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team, including her, won the silver medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nctv17.org/community-sports/naperville-native-sarah-adam-brings-home-the-paralympics-silver-medal-in-wheelchair-rugby/ |title=Naperville native Sarah Adam brings home the Paralympics silver medal in Wheelchair Rugby |first=Justin |last=Cornwell |date=September 2, 2024 |website=NCTV17}} As of those Paralympics, Adam is a 2.5-classified player in the wheelchair rugby classification system.{{cite web |title=United States of America v Canada Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/wheelchair-rugby/open-team-tournament/gpa-000100-- |website=Paris 2024 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=August 30, 2024}}

Academic career

Adam earned her bachelor's degree at Augustana College in Illinois and her doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.{{cite web |title=Sarah L. Adam — Faculty Profile |url=https://www.slu.edu/doisy/faculty/adam-sarah.php |website=Saint Louis University |access-date=August 25, 2024}}

She is now an associate professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at Saint Louis University.{{cite web |last1=O'Neil |first1=Bridjes |title=SLU's Sarah Adam Becomes First Woman Named to US Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team |url=https://www.slu.edu/news/2024/may/sarah-adam-paralympic-games.php |publisher=Saint Louis University |access-date=August 25, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Llorico |first1=Abby |title=Missouri professor is first woman to make the U.S. Paralympic wheelchair rugby squad |url=https://www.kcur.org/sports/2024-06-26/paralympics-wheelchair-rugby-sarah-adam-team-usa |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=KCUR |date=June 26, 2024 |language=en}} Her research interests include, per her Saint Louis University faculty profile, "enhancing independence and participation of individuals with disability through community-based exercise and adaptive sports", and she is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

References

External links

[https://usawr.org/player/sarah-adam/ Sarah Adam] at USA Wheelchair Rugby
{{Team USA|new_id=sarah-adam}}

Category:1990 births

Category:Living people

Category:Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for the United States

Category:American wheelchair rugby players

Category:Sportspeople from Naperville, Illinois

Category:People from Naperville, Illinois

Category:Sportspeople from Illinois

Category:Wheelchair rugby players at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Category:Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:Paralympic silver medalists for the United States

Category:Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair rugby