| Birth name | Charles Aoki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | March 7, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles "Chuck" Aoki (born March 7, 1991) is an American wheelchair rugby player who plays for the United States national wheelchair rugby team.[1] He has represented the United States at the Paralympics in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. He is regarded as one of the top 3.0 classified players in the world. He now lives in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two dogs. Liz is a social worker and therapist who is also disabled; they met at a wheelchair rugby tournament in 2017 and later married in 2022. In addition to his work as an athlete, he sits on several committees within the USOPC and works at the University of Michigan’s Adaptive Sports & Fitness department.
- ^ "Chuck Aoki - Wheelchair Rugby". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015.