Josie Lee Aslakson (born September 14, 1995) is an American

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...

player and a member of the

United States women's national wheelchair basketball team The United States women's national wheelchair basketball team began in the mid-1960s. The first women's team to compete alongside men in the Paralympic Games was in the inaugural 1968 tournament. A few years later in 1977, a women's wheelchair bas ...

. She represented the United States at the

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and

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

. Aslakson is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Career

Aslakson represented the United States at the

2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany, from 16 to 26 August 2018. Both men's and women's tournaments were held, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams competing, representing 19 di ...

and finished in sixth place in the tournament. In August 2019 she competed at the

2019 Parapan American Games The 2019 Parapan American Games (), officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan Am ...

in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a silver medal. Aslakson represented the United States at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

in the wheelchair basketball women's tournament and won a bronze medal. She represented the United States at the

2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships The 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships were held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 8 to 20 June 2023. Both men's and women's tournaments have been played, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams compe ...

and won a bronze medal. In November 2023 she competed at the

2023 Parapan American Games The 2023 Parapan American Games, officially the VII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Santiago 2023 Parapan-Am Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. It celebrated the tradition of the Parapan Am ...

in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal. As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the

. On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Aslakson won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

References

1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Edina, Minnesota Basketball players from Hennepin County, Minnesota American women's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair basketball players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States People with paraplegia 21st-century American sportswomen LGBTQ basketball players Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair basketball Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub