Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Wheelchair rugby | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
![]() | 2000 Sydney | Mixed team |
Grant Sharman is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand. He is also a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Sharman was part of the wheel blacks team that competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where they won the bronze medal. [1]
The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years to take place in the same city as the Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" was used officially.
The Wheel Blacks are the national wheelchair rugby team of New Zealand. The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Paralympic games in Athens.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Timothy Clarence Johnson is a New Zealand disability sports administrator and former wheelchair rugby player. He is a past captain of the Wheel Blacks, the New Zealand wheelchair rugby team.
Sholto Taylor is a New Zealand wheelchair rugby player, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Cameron Leslie is a New Zealand paralympics swimmer and wheelchair rugby player.
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is the National Paralympic Committee in New Zealand for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which New Zealand participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.
Dan Buckingham is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and was a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks for 16 years. He worked as CEO for the Television Production Company Attitude, and is now the CE of Able (www.able.co.nz).
Stephen Guthrie is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Geremy Tinker is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Curtis Palmer is a New Zealand-born wheelchair rugby player who initially played for the New Zealand national team Wheel Blacks. In 2013 he switched to play for the Australia national wheelchair rugby team.
Bill Oughton was a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Jai Waite is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Gary McMurray is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Paul Leefe is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Justin Muschamp is a New Zealand wheelchair rugby player and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Steven Kent is a New Zealand swimmer. He competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Duane Paul Kale is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer.
New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics, having made its debut in 1968 and appeared in every edition since.
New Zealand competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally to be held from 25 August to 6 September 2020, the event has been postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now being held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. It was New Zealand's 14th appearance at Summer Paralympics.