Jon Rydberg
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Jon Rydberg (born October 7, 1977) is a former American wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball player.
Biography
Rydberg was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin[1] and raised in Pine City, Minnesota. He became physically disabled when his family pickup truck rolled on top of him at one year old.[2] He played tennis since 1988 but was only able to play in exhibition matches in 1992 due to the United States Tennis Association rules at the time. Rydberg was also an accomplished wheelchair basketball player. He began playing wheelchair basketball since grade 8 and earned a full sports scholarship from University of Texas-Arlington. His university team won the national championship in 1997. After graduation, Rydberg focused on wheelchair tennis. He was a member of the 2004 United States Paralympic team that competed in Athens, Greece. After 2004, he left wheelchair tennis and returned to wheelchair basketball, played for the Minnesota Rolling Timberwolves program that the Minnesota Timberwolves sponsors. He played in the All-Star Wheelchair Classic during the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend.[2] In 2007, he returned to focus on wheelchair tennis. After winning gold at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Brazil he became the top-ranked wheelchair tennis player in the United States and ranked 12th in the world.[2][3] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he competed in both singles and doubles. In the singles event he lost in the third round to eventual gold medalist Shingo Kunieda, and in doubles he and his partner Stephen Welch were knocked out in the second round. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics, losing in round of 16 in both games.[4]
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- 1977 births
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- American men's wheelchair basketball players
- American male tennis players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the United States
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- People from Pine City, Minnesota
- People from Grantsburg, Wisconsin
- UT Arlington Mavericks men's wheelchair basketball players
- Tennis players from Wisconsin
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American wheelchair tennis players
- Parapan American Games medalists in wheelchair tennis
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States