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Jade Atkin
Atkin at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships
Personal information
Born (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 25)
Portsmouth, England
Sport
SportWheelchair basketball
DisabilityHereditary spastic paraplegia
4.5
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 RotterdamTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 SarajevoTeam
Women's 3x3 wheelchair basketball
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamTeam

Jade Atkin (born 18 September 2001) is a British wheelchair basketball player and a member of Great Britain women's national wheelchair basketball team. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

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Atkin represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the inaugural wheelchair basketball tournament.[1][2]

She represented Great Britain at the 2023 IWBF Women's European Championship and won a silver medal. With the win, Great Britain qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[3] She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.[1] During the quarterfinals against the United States, she recorded a team-high 15 points in a 59–52 loss.[4]

On 11 August 2025, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship.[5] She helped Great Britain win a silver medal.[6]

In July 2026, she competed at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal in the wheelchair basketball tournament.[7] She then represented Great Britain at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.[8]

Personal life

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Atkin was diagnosed with Hereditary spastic paraplegia.[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Portsmouth pair Jade Atkin and Maddie Martin set to make Paralympic debut". The News. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Jade Atkin has inclusivity on her mind at the Commonwealth Games". ealingtimes.co.uk. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "GB Women claim silver at the 2023 IWBF European Championships". britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "'We're going for gold in LA' – Portsmouth's wheelchair basketballer Jade Atkin after Paris Paralympics agony". The News. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "GB squads announced for the IWBF European Championships 2025". britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "GB claim double Euro wheelchair basketball silver". BBC.com. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Atkin leads England to Commonwealth wheelchair basketball gold". teamengland.org. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "GB Squads confirmed for IWBF World Championships 2026". britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Carter, Simon (2 August 2022). "'I hope there's more focus on wheelchair basketball so little kids who are either newly disabled, or have been disabled their whole lives, can understand how great it is' – Portsmouth's Jade Atkin". The News. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
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