Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 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 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....

consisted of men's and women's team events.

Medal summary

Men

Gerard Hewson
Gerard Hewson
Gerard Hewson is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Stuart Ewin
Stuart Ewin
Stuart Ewin is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

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...

 

Timothy Maloney
Timothy Maloney
Timothy Maloney is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Orfeo Cecconato
Orfeo Cecconato
Orfeo Cecconato is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Nicholas Morris
Nicholas Morris
Nicholas Morris OAM is a Men's wheelchair basketball player for Australia, who was a member of the team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta as well as a member of the 2000 Summer Paralympics wheelchair basketball squad...

 

Troy Andrews
Troy Andrews (basketball)
Troy Andrews is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Benjamin Cox
Benjamin Cox (basketball)
Benjamin Cox is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

Robert Blythe
Robert Blythe (basketball)
Robert Blythe is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...

 

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

 

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...

 

Richard Oliver
Richard Oliver (basketball)
Richard Oliver is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.-References:...



Daniel Johnson 

Malcolm Tarkenter 

Joseph Jayaratne 

Colin Price 

David Bramley 

Nigel Smith 

Calum Gordon 

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...

 

Mark Cheaney 

Garry Peel 

Anthony Woollard 

Steven Caine


Craig Shewmake 

Mike Schlappi 

Roberto Knight 

Trooper Johnson 

Darryl Waller 

Reginald Colton 

James Miller 

Timothy Kazee 

Chuck Gill 

Mark Shepherd 

Melvin Sean Juette 

Randy Snow
Randy Snow
Randy Snow was the first Paralympian to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. A native of Terrell, Texas, Snow was a state-ranked tennis player as a teenager, but at the age of 16, his spine was crushed by a 1000-pound bale of hay, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down...

Women

Marni Abbott 

Linda Kutrowski 

Lori Radke 

Tracey Ferguson 

Sabrina Pettinicchi 

Marney Smithies 

Chantal Benoit 

Renee del Colle 

Lisa Stevens 

Kendra Ohama 

Jennifer Krempien 

Kelly Krywa


Asjoesja Ibrahimi 

Ingeborg Tiggelman 

Guda van der Laan 

Jozima Mosely 

Marja van Leeuwen 

Jorien Buurman 

Jeanine van Veggel 

Erna Benneker 

Evelina van Leeuwen 

Jaapje de Zeeuw 

Jennette Jansen
Jennette Jansen
Jennette Jansen is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player....

 

Yolanda Broerse


Tiana Tozer 

Jana Stump 

Josie Johnson 

Jamie Danskin 

Ruth Nunez 

Sharon Herbst 

Pamela Fontaine 

Kimberly Martin 

Renee Tyree-Gross 

Susan Hagel 

Ronda Jarvis 

Margaret Stran
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