{{short description|American Paralympic athlete}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wayne Broeren | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Wayne Henry Broeren | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|3|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tiskilwa, Illinois, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|25|1933|3|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Fort Myers, Florida, United States | sport = Dartchery<br>Wheelchair basketball | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalSport | Dartchery}} {{MedalBronze | 1960 Rome | Mixed Pairs Open}} {{MedalSport | Wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | Men's Tournament Class B}}
}} '''Wayne Henry Broeren''' (2 March 1933 – 26 March 1991) from Champaign, Illinois, was a United States Paralympic athlete. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics, he competed in multiple sports including dartchery and wheelchair basketball.
In the 1960, he was a member of the winning United States wheelchair basketball team and one half of the pair that won the mixed dartchery, along with Jack Whitman.
In 2004 he was posthumously honoured with a letter by his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/other/2004-06-14/ui-rolls-out-red-carpet-its-former-wheelchair-athletic-stars.h|title = UI rolls out red carpet for its former wheelchair athletic stars}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wayne married Cecil Marie Creath. They had four children: Stuart, Rachel, Timothy and Thomas.
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