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Saul Welger

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1931-04-18)18 April 1931 New York City, New York, United States
Died	10 October 2002(2002-10-10) (aged 71) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Spouse	Christa Welger ​ (m. 1962⁠–⁠2002)​
Sport
Sport	Athletics Wheelchair basketball
Medal record Representing  United States Paralympic Games Athletics 1960 Rome Men's Shot Put C Wheelchair basketball 1960 Rome Men's Tournament Class B 1964 Tokyo Men's Tournament Class B Incomplete

Saul Welger (18 April 1931 – 10 October 2002) from Brooklyn, New York, was a United States Paralympic athlete. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics and 1964 Summer Paralympics he competed in multiple sports, including wheelchair basketball.

Welger competed at the "1958." And 1959 Stoke Mandeville Games. In the 1960 and 1964 Paralympics he was a member of the winning United States wheelchair basketball team. In 1976, Welger was inducted into the NWBA Hall of Fame. He hired Junius Kellogg as the first Black coach in wheelchair basketball.

Welger married West German wheelchair athlete Christa E. Zander in 1963; they had two children, born in 1966 and "1970." Saul Welger died in 2002. After Christa Welger's death in 2019, the Christa & Saul Welger Foundation was established,——to continue their work in supporting accessible sports opportunities for physically disabled youth.

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