 Pinder at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 17 December 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Disability class | 1.0 |
| Club | Perth Wheelcats |
Frank Pinder (born 17 December 2000) is a 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [1]
Pinder was born on 17 December 2000. [2] He broke his back at the age of fifteen. [3] Pinder has a digital art qualification and in 2024 works for Innogreen Technologies – a Perth business offering affordable smart accessible technology solutions. [3]
He took up wheelchair basketball after his accident. [3] He made his Rollers team debut at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai where they finished seventh. He was a member of the Rollers team at the 2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships in Thailand, where they won the gold medal and qualified for 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4]
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3. [5]