Ali
Ibanez
Ali Ibanez is a wheelchair basketball player from Murray, Utah, who learned the game with the Salt Lake Wrecking Crew and made the U.S. team as a high school senior at Cottonwood. A two-time Paralympian, she won bronze at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024, and she won two IWBF Women's U25 world titles. She played college basketball at Illinois and plays club basketball in Utah for the Utah Wheelin' Jazz.
Who is Ali Ibanez?
Ali Ibanez from Murray, Utah competed in wheelchair basketball for the USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team. Paralympic silver (Paris 2024) and bronze (Tokyo 2020); two-time IWBF Women's U25 world champion; 2025 Americas Cup gold
Murray and the Salt Lake Wrecking Crew
The NWBA and Team USA print Ibanez's hometown as Murray, Utah, and Team USA lists Cottonwood High School, class of 2018. The Utah Sports Commission says she played for Utah's only competitive team, the Salt Lake Wrecking Crew, later the Utah Rush, and first made Team USA as a high school senior. She studied graphic design at the University of Illinois, Team USA's archive profile says, and played for the Fighting Illini.
Two Paralympic medals
She won bronze with the U.S. women at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and silver at Paris 2024, the NWBA says, and she has a 2022 IWBF World Championship bronze. The Utah Sports Commission lists her as a two-time IWBF Women's U25 world champion, in 2019 and 2023. Read the full profile story.
2026
She helped the United States win the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup and was named to the 20-player 2026 High Performance Pool in January, the NWBA reported; she was not on the final 12-player roster for the 2026 World Championships. She competes for the Utah Wheelin' Jazz in the NWBA Adult Division I. She is one of the Utah natives followed on the homegrown Utah athletes hub.
At a glance
Team
USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team
Event
wheelchair basketball
Hometown
Murray, Utah
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Key achievements
- Paralympic silver, women's wheelchair basketball, Paris 2024
- Paralympic bronze, women's wheelchair basketball, Tokyo 2020
- IWBF World Championship bronze, 2022, per the NWBA
- IWBF Women's U25 world champion, 2019 and 2023, per the Utah Sports Commission
- IWBF Americas Cup gold, 2025, per the NWBA
- Listed among the Utah Sports Commission's Adaptive Female Athlete of the Year honorees (2025 honoree page)
Official sources
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- NWBA: Initial selections announced for the 2026 Women's USA Wheelchair Basketball Team (Jan. 6, 2026)nwba.org
- NWBA: Roster selected for 2026 U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team (May 3, 2026)nwba.org
- Team USA: Ali Ibanez profileteamusa.com
- Team USA (archive): Ali Ibanez athlete profilearchive.teamusa.com
- Utah Sports Commission: Alejandra Ibanez honoree page (Feb. 7, 2025)utahsportscommission.com
What each source confirms
- NWBA: Initial selections announced for the 2026 Women's USA Wheelchair Basketball Team (Jan. 6, 2026)
- Read 2026-11-01: 20-player High Performance Pool; 'Ali Ibanez (Murray, Utah)'; helped the U.S. win the 2025 IWBF Americas Cup; two-time Paralympian, Paris 2024 silver and Tokyo 2020 bronze; 2023 IWBF Women's U25 world champion; 2022 IWBF World Championship bronze; club Utah Wheelin' Jazz, NWBA Adult Division I. This is the affiliation source.
- NWBA: Roster selected for 2026 U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team (May 3, 2026)
- Final 12 for the 2026 World Championships in Ottawa; Ibanez not listed, so roster status is former.
- Team USA: Ali Ibanez profile
- Read 2026-11-01: hometown Murray, UT; two-time Paralympian, one silver and one bronze.
- Team USA (archive): Ali Ibanez athlete profile
- Birthplace and hometown Murray, Utah; Cottonwood High School '18; University of Illinois '22, graphic design.
- Utah Sports Commission: Alejandra Ibanez honoree page (Feb. 7, 2025)
- Played for Utah's only competitive team, the Salt Lake Wrecking Crew (later Utah Rush); first made Team USA as a high school senior; two-time Women's U25 world champion (2023, 2019); listed under Adaptive Female Athlete of the Year.
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