Wayne Broeren

Wayne Broeren
Personal information
Full name Wayne Henry Broeren
Nationality American
Born (1933-03-02)2 March 1933
Tiskilwa, Illinois, United States
Died 25 March 1991(1991-03-25) (aged 58)
Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Sport
Sport Dartchery
Wheelchair basketball
Medal record
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Dartchery
1960 Rome Mixed Pairs Open
Wheelchair basketball
1960 Rome Men's Tournament Class B

Wayne Henry Broeren (2 March 1933 – 26 March 1991) from Champaign, Illinois, was a United States Paralympic athlete. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics, he competed in multiple sports including dartchery and wheelchair basketball.

In the 1960, he was a member of the winning United States wheelchair basketball team and one half of the pair that won the mixed dartchery, along with Jack Whitman.

In 2004 he was posthumously honoured with a letter by his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1]

FAMILY

Wayne married Cecil Marie Creath. They had four children, Stuart, Rachel, Timothy and Thomas.

References

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