Naperville Native Brings Home Silver at Paralympics

Naperville North graduate Sarah Adam competed with Team USA at the 2024 Paralympics and helped bring home a silver medal.  Sarah Adam is a wheelchair rubgy player and is the first woman to play for Team USA in the sport.  

Team USA started strong by beating Canada by 51-48 and although they lost the Japan in their second game, Adam tried to score nine times.  The team advanced to the semi-finals with a 57-47 victory over Germany.  The team advanced with a 50-43 win in the semi-finals, giving them a shot at gold.

The gold medal match against Japan was back and forth during the first half but Japan was able to pull ahead in in the second half to take gold.  Adam and her teammate Sam Aoki made fourteen tries to score.

“It is a really exciting time for women in sports, “said Adam.  â€œIt is great to see us getting the recognition we’ve always deserved.  I am so glad that fans will have the opportunity to fall in love with our stories and our sports and to get to do all this alongside this amazing team is truly an honor. I have worked hard to become an elite athlete and am proud to be part of this team.”