(September 8, 2012) -- The USTA today announced that American David Wagner won the silver medal in Quad singles competition at the 2012 Paralympics in London, as he was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by Noam Gershony of Israel in the gold medal match. This marks Wagner’s second silver medal in the Quad Singles Division at the Paralympic Games since making his debut at the 2004 Games in Athens. With the win, Wagner will be taking home his second medal of the London Games. On Thursday, he and Quad Doubles partner Nick Taylor captured their third consecutive gold medal.
As a three-time Paralympian, Wagner now has a total of six medals throughout his Paralympic career. At the 2008 Games in Beijing, he captured gold and bronze in doubles and singles respectively. At the 2004 Games in Athens, he won gold in doubles and silver in singles. He has competed in the Quad division of the Paralympic Games since it was first introduced in the 2004 Games.
Wagner is a ten-time Grand Slam champion. At the US Open, he captured two titles in singles (2010, 2011) and four in doubles with Taylor (2007, 2009-2011). Last year he captured the singles title at the Australian Open. Prior to that, he and Taylor won three Australian Open doubles titles (2008-2010).
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