Brad Parks

Life and career

Parks was born in Orange, California. At the age of 18, he participated at a freestyle skiing competition in Park City, Utah. While participating, Parks performed a special skilled stunt which he then went of the ramp from the competition. He also reached the quarterfinals at the men's singles event during the 1994 Wheelchair Tennis Masters. Park competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, in the first wheelchair tennis competition at the Paralympics Games. He was awarded the gold medal with Randy Snow in the men's doubles event. He then was the first initialed president of the International Wheelchair Tennis Federation, in 1988. Apart from tennis, Park won medals in wheelchair racing at the World Disabled Olympics and the National Wheelchair Olympics. He joined the Wheelchair Tennis Hall of Champions in 2026 for the International Tennis Federation.