Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...

 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...

was staged in the Olympic Indoor Hall
Olympic Indoor Hall
The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall which is part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis" , was completed in 1995 and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in the suburb of Maroussi...

 from September 18 to September 28.

Teams consisted of twelve players, of whom five were on court at any one time. Each player was rated between 0.5 and 4.5 points based on the extent of their disability, with 4.5 representing the least physical limitation. The sum of the rates of all players on court at any time was limited to 14.5 points per team.

Games were played in four periods of ten minutes, with extra time periods of five minutes added as necessary to resolve a tied game.

Medal summary

Men

Patrick Anderson 

Jaimie Borisoff 

Bradley Bowden 

David Durepos 

David Eng 

Travis Gaertner 

Roy Henderson 

Joey Johnson 

Adam Lancia 

Ross Norton 

Richard Peter 

Chris Stoutenburg


Brendan Dowler
Brendan Dowler
Brendan Dowler, OAM is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.-Personal:...

 

Justin Eveson
Justin Eveson
Justin Eveson is a swimmer and wheelchair basketball player from Australia who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.-Personal:...

 

Andrew Flavel
Andrew Flavel
Andrew Flavel is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Adrian King
Adrian King (basketball)
Adrian King is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer...

 

Tristan Knowles
Tristan Knowles
Tristan Knowles is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.-Personal:...

 

Campbell Message
Campbell Message
Campbell Message is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Grant Mizens
Grant Mizens
Grant Mizens is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.-Paralympics:He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics...

 

Brad Ness 

Shaun Norris
Shaun Norris
Shaun Norris is a wheelchair basketball player from Western Australia who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.-Personal:...

 

Troy Sachs
Troy Sachs
Troy Sachs is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He competed in the Paralympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008, where he won three medals...

 

David Selby
David Selby (basketball)
David Selby is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer...

 

Daryl Taylor
Daryl Taylor (basketball)
Daryl Taylor is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...



Ade Adepitan 

Andrew Blake 

Matt Byrne 

Terry Bywater 

Peter Finbow 

Kevin Hayes 

Fred Howley 

Stuart Jellows 

Simon Munn
Simon Munn
Simon Munn is a British wheelchair basketball player.He was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident...

 

Jonathan Pollock 

Colin Price 

Sinclair Thomas
Women

Patricia Cisneros 

Janna Crawford 

Carlee Hoffman
Carlee Hoffman
Carlee Hoffman is an American female wheelchair basketball player from Cutlerville, Michigan. She plays the power forward position and was a gold medalist for the United States in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.- Early life :...

 

Emily Hoskins 

Jennifer Howittt 

Susan Katz 

Teresa Lannon 

Christina Ripp 

Jana Stump 

Renee Tyree 

Jennifer Warkins 

Stephanie Wheeler
Stephanie Wheeler
Stephanie Wheeler is an American wheelchair basketball player who was on two gold-medal winning Paralympic teams. She also played on the gold medal winning team at the 2007 Para-Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro...



Lisa Chaffey
Lisa Chaffey
Lisa Chaffey is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Shelley Chaplin
Shelley Chaplin
Shelley Chaplin is an Australian wheelchair basketball player.Chaplin currently resides in Urbana, Illinois, where she attends the University of Illinois and plays for the university in the country's first division...

 

Paula Coghlan
Paula Coghlan
Paula Coghlan is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the...

 

Melanie Domaschenz
Melanie Domaschenz
Melanie Domaschenz is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the bronze medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at...

 

Karen Farrell
Karen Farrell
Karen Farrell is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She won two silver medals at the Paralympic Games.-Personal:Farrell is from Sydney, New South Wales. She became a paraplegic at the age of fifteen, when a car she was a passenger in slid off the road after trying to pass a truck...

 

Kylie Gauci
Kylie Gauci
Kylie Gauci is from New South Wales. She plays for the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team. She first started playing the sport in 1997. She got the call up to the national team in 2001. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where she won...

 

Tina McKenzie
Tina Mckenzie
Tina Mckenzie is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the bronze medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the...

 

Alison Mosely
Alison Mosely
Alison Mosely is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the...

 

Jane Sachs
Jane Sachs
Jane Sachs is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart (basketball)
Sarah Stewart is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the bronze medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the...

 

Liesl Tesch
Liesl Tesch
Liesl Tesch is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. She has represented her country at five Paralympic Games, winning three total medals. She has made numerous appearances for her country at other wheelchair basketball events. Tesch also competed in the sport as a professional. She has...

 

Melinda Young
Melinda Young
Melinda Young is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...



Marni Abbott 

Chantal Benoit 

Tracey Ferguson 

Shira Golden 

Jennifer Krempien 

Linda Kutrowski 

Arley McNeney 

Kendra Ohama 

Danielle Peers 

Sabrina Pettinicchi 

Lori Radke 

Karla Tritten
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