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Athlete Bio#
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Height
5'10"
Age
51
Hometown
Walla Walla, WA
Education
Devry/Keller University
Classification: Mixed Quads
Quick Facts
- Wagner has won more than a dozen Grand Slam titles and has ranked in the top three in the world for the majority of his career
- Suffered a spinal cord injury in 1995 after breaking his neck in an accident on the beach which left him paralyzed from the mid-chest down, retaining only 30 percent feeling in his hands, therefore categorizing him as a quadriplegic
- After he took up table tennis during his rehabilitation efforts, he grabbed a tennis racquet in 1999 and soon began to compete competitively
- By 2003, he became the No. 1 ranked quad wheelchair tennis player in the world and has held the No. 1 ranking for a number of times in his career
- Son of Cathy Carson and Joe Wagner
- Has one sister, Heather and one brother, Shane
- Hobbies include cooking, reading and cheering on the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners.
Career Highlights
- World Cup Team Member (2002 - 2019) - * World Champion - (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015)
- 2019 Lima Parapan Am Games - Quad Singles - Silver Medalist
- Three-time Australian Open - Quad Singles Champion - (2011, 2013, 2014)
- Eight-time Australian Open - Quad Doubles Champion - (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- French Open Quad Singles - finalist - (2019)
- Wimbledon Quad Singles - semi finalist - (2019, 2021)
- Three-time U.S. Open Singles Champion - (2010, 2011, 2017)
- Nine-time US Open Doubles Champion - (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
- 11-time NEC Masters Singles Champion
- 11-time UNIQLO Doubles Masters Champion
- ITF Quad World Champion - 2017
Paralympic Experience
- 6-time Paralympian; 8-time Paralympic medalist (3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 9th (Quad Singles - Open)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (Quad Doubles - Open, Quad Singles - Open)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (Quad Doubles - Open), bronze (Quad Singles - Open)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, gold (Quad Doubles - Open), silver (Quad Singles - Open)
- Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (Quad Doubles - Open), bronze (Quad Singles - Open)
- Paralympic Games Athens 2004, gold (Quad Doubles - Open), silver (Quad Singles - Open)
