Susan Hagel
Competition | 1989
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Susan Hagel excelled in archery and basketball. From 1973 to 1993, Susan was the National Women’s Wheelchair Archery Champion. She represented the U.S.A. on the Archery Team at the 1976 Paralympic Games in Toronto where she won the gold medal. Susan was also on the women’s basketball team in Toronto. In 1978 at the Pan American Wheelchair Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Susan won silver medals in archery and basketball. At the Paralympic Games at Stoke Mandeville in 1984, Susan won a gold medal in archery and a silver medal in basketball. At the 1986 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico, she won a gold medal in archery, setting a new Pan American Record.
Susan was a member of the first U.S Women’s gold medal wheelchair basketball teams: in the 1982 Pan American Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the 1988 Paralympic competition in Seoul, South Korea. Susan served as the captain of the gold medal U.S.A. Women’s Basketball team at the 1991 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela.
In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Susan also served on many committees, including the NWBA Hall of Fame Committee, Wheelchair Archery USA, the National Wheelchair Athletic Committee and the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission.
