Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2012, 2016); Two-time medalist (1 bronze, 1 silver)
- London 2012 Paralympic Games, bronze
- Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, silver
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2018 – bronze
- Years of participation: 2010, 2014, 2018
- Medals: 3 (1 gold, 2 bronze)
- Gold – 2010; Bronze – 2014, 2018
Bio:
Chuck Aoki is a PhD student at the University of Denver, vice chair of the USOPC Athletes Advisory Council (AAC), and a speaker and advocate on disability issues. He first found para sport when he was seven, while playing wheelchair basketball at basketball camp at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Three years after making the national team, Aoki led the U.S. to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. Two years later, he was named the tournament’s best player at the 2014 World Championships. In 2016, he helped the U.S. to win a silver medal at the Rio Paralympics.
Before heading to Tokyo for the 2020 Paralympic Games, Chuck shared his top five workout/pregame songs, and a few books he plans to read between competing.
Top 5 Workout Songs
- Remember the Name, Fort Minor
- Till’ I Collapse, Eminem
- Backseat Freestyle, Kendrick Lamar
- Power, by Kanye West
- I’m Shipping up to Boston, Dropkick Murphys
Tokyo Reading List
- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Simon Sebag Montefiore
- An Army at Dawn and The Day of the Battle, Rick Atkinson
- John Quincy Adams, Paul C. Nagel
- The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson
- Heir to the Empire, Timothy Zahn