Stephen Welch
American wheelchair tennis player
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-07-28) July 28, 1972 (age 51) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Dan James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Welch (born July 28, 1972) is an American wheelchair tennis player.
Biography
Welch was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Since he was four-years-old he was into a competition. By the age of eight he was diagnosed with Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome. He won 100 major titles since 1992, which includes three U.S. Open titles. He also won 5 National championships in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and also three MVP awards.[1] He attended Paralympic games starting from 1996, but only won one silver medal for singles and one silver for doubles in the 1996 Summer Paralympics and won gold for singles and another bronze for doubles at the Sydney Paralympic Games. He also participated at the 2011 Parapan American Games where he won gold medal for doubles and a bronze one for singles. In 1996 and 2000 he played wheelchair basketball for the Olympics but didn't get any medals for it.[2] In 2001 Steve challenged radio jockey Howard Stern to a tennis match. They played at the Crosstown Tennis at Fifth Ave in New York City in a single set match where Steve defeated Howard Stern 6-0.
References
- ^ "Stephen Welch". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ^ "Stephen Welch". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
External links
- Stephen Welch at the International Tennis Federation
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Wheelchair Tennis Masters men's singles champions
- 1994: Randy Snow
- 1995: Laurent Giammartini
- 1996: Stephen Welch
- 1997: Kai Schrameyer
- 1998: Ricky Molier
- 1999: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2000: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2001: Ricky Molier
- 2002: David Hall
- 2003: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2004: David Hall
- 2005: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2006: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2007: Robin Ammerlaan
- 2008: Stefan Olsson
- 2009: Maikel Scheffers
- 2010: Stefan Olsson
- 2011: Stéphane Houdet
- 2012: Shingo Kunieda
- 2013: Shingo Kunieda
- 2014: Shingo Kunieda
- 2015: Joachim Gérard
- 2016: Joachim Gérard
- 2017: Alfie Hewett
- 2018: Joachim Gérard
- 2019: Joachim Gérard
- 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Alfie Hewett
- 2022: Tokito Oda
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