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Jordan Luce (born 30 November 1993, in Le Lamentin, Martinique, French West Indies) is a wheelchair basketball player. Born with pseudoarthrosis of the right tibia, Luce moved to France at 16 to pursue a career in basketball. He is a 4.5 classified player. [1]

Wheelchair basketball

Luce was first introduced to wheelchair basketball in a rehabilitation center at 15. He represented France for the first time in 2012 in the Men's European Championships (Group B), where they won gold. Jordan played the 2013/2014 season in the UK with the RGK Wolverhampton Rhinos winning the British Superleague. He currently plays for Léopards de Guyenne in Bordeaux, France.

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References

  1. "Jordan Luce, de la Martinique à Bordeaux".