Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

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Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GRB
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IWRF Ranking5th
IWRF Zone IWRF European
National Federation GBWR
Coach Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances5
Medals Gold medal.svg Gold 2020
World Championships
Appearances5
Medals
IWRF European Championship
Appearances11
Medals Gold medal with cup.svg Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017
Silver medal.svg Silver: 1997, 2011
Bronze medal.svg Bronze: 1999
Uniforms
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Kit body basketball.svg
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Kit shorts.svg
Red
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Blue


The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as The Sweet Chariots. [1] '

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Paralympics

Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000. [2] Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List [3] [4]

Roster

The squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows: [5]

#ClassNameYear BornTeamNotes
222.0Chris Ryan1991-07-11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London WRC Co-Captain
42.0Gavin Walker1983-10-13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leicester Tigers WRC Co-Captain
102.5 Ayaz Bhuta 1989-04-17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg West Coast Crash
20.5 Jonathan Coggan 1983-04-25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London WRC
241.0Ryan Cowling1976-02-05 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg West Coast Crash
81.5Nicholas Cummins1985-08-04 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leicester Tigers WRC
70.5 Kylie Grimes 1987-12-07 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London WRC
133.5 Aaron Phipps 1983-04-07 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Solent Sharks
93.0Jim Roberts1987-09-03 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London WRC
33.5Stuart Robinson1982-04-15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg West Coast Crash
52.0 Jack Smith 1991-07-11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leicester Tigers WRC
122.5Jamie Stead1993-09-22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leicester Tigers WRC

Competitive record

Past rosters

The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. GB national wheelchair rugby team - Beijing 2008.jpg
The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

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