Joshua Allison

Last updated

Joshua Allison
XXXX15 - Josh Allison - 3b - 2016 Team processing.jpg
Portrait of Josh Allison taken at team processing session for shadow members of 2016 Australian Paralympic team
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Malcolm Allison
NicknameTruck
NationalityAustralian
Born (1986-03-27) 27 March 1986 (age 38)
Height6.5
Sport
PositionGuard
Disability class 1.0
ClubKilsyth Cobras
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Rollers

Joshua Allison (born 27 March 1986) is a 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He played basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras and the Sherbroke Suns before suffering a serious accident in 2011. He began playing wheelchair basketball in 2013, and was selected for the national team (the Rollers) in 2014. That year he was part of the team that won the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. In 2016, he represented Australia the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Contents

Biography

Joshua Allison was born on 27 March 1986. He has a Certificate III in bricklaying from the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE in Moorabbin, Victoria, and has three children named Keeley, Willow, Hudson. [1] Some 194 centimetres (76 in) tall, he played basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Victorian League from 2004 to 2006, and in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) from 2006 to 2007, [1] and for the Sherbrooke Suns in the Big V league from 2008 to 2010. [2] On 1 October 2011, he fell 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) through a hand rail at his home in Croydon, Victoria. He suffered severe injuries, including fractures in his neck and back, and crushing his spinal cord, rendering him paraplegic. [3] The news came as a profound shock to his fellow players, who played a fund-raiser game for him on 5 February 2012. [4]

During his rehabilitation, Allison took up wheelchair basketball in 2013, [1] taking to the court to play for the Kilsyth Cobras once more, this time in the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) as a 1.0 point player. [5] Wrist bands were sold, and a boot camp and an online auction held to raise money for an $8,000 basketball wheelchair. [3] [6] The Cobras went on to win the NWBL championships in 2015 and 2016. [7] He made his international debut with the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team (known as the Rollers) in April 2014 in a tour of the Netherlands and Belgium. [8] Later that year he was part of the Rollers team that won gold at the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. [1] In June 2016, he toured Great Britain for the 2016 Continental Clash against Canada, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States. [9] The Rollers were defeated by the United States, and won silver. [1] In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. [10]

He was one of five Rollers selected for their first Paralympics [10] where they finished sixth. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brad Ness</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Bradley John Ness, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketballer. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing and silver medals at 2004 Athens and 2012 London Paralympics. He was selected as the Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. In December 2023, Ness was appointed the Head Coach of the Rollers - Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clare Nott</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player (born 1986)

Clare Nott is a former Australian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). She participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tina McKenzie</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Tina McKenzie is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal; in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal; and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a second silver medal. After becoming an incomplete paraplegic as a result of a fall from a building in 1994, she took up wheelchair tennis and later wheelchair basketball. She joined the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in 1999, and played her first international match at the 2002 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Japan. She has over 100 international caps.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brendan Dowler</span> Australian wheelchair basketballer

Brendan John Dowler is an Australian Paralympian, and coaches wheelchair basketball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Hartnett (basketball)</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Michael Mathew Hartnett, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 and 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tristan Knowles</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Tristan Malcolm Knowles, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and silver medals at the 2004 Athens and 2012 London Paralympics. He was a member of the Roller at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his sixth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shaun Norris</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Shaun Daryl Norris, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his sixth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tige Simmons</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Tige Arthur Simmons, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brett Stibners</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Brett Andrew Stibners, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, his fourth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Gould (basketball)</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

David Ian Gould, is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and coach.

The National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) is Australia's premier male wheelchair basketball league. It was established in 1988.

Benjamin James Ettridge is an Australian basketball coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jannik Blair</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Jannik Blair is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player who has played for the University of Missouri and the National Wheelchair Basketball League Dandenong Rangers. He is a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, making his debut in 2009, and was member of the Australian team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his fourth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League</span>

The Australia Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) is a women's semi-professional wheelchair basketball league in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Kyle</span>

Tom Kyle is an Australian wheelchair basketball coach who coaches the Queensland Spinning Bullets and the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team. He was assistant coach of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team from 2009 to 2013, during which time it won gold at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, and silver at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Deans</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Adam Deans is a 4.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the Rollers team that won the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, and in 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew McShane</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player (born 1990)

Matthew McShane is a 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, his second Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom O'Neill-Thorne</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Tom O'Neill-Thorne is a 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the Rollers team that won the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his third Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawn Russell</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Shawn Russell is a 4.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. In 2016, he was selected as part of the Rollers for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isabel Martin (wheelchair basketball)</span> Australian wheelchair basketball player

Isabel Martin is a 1.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian U25 team that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joshua Allison". Australian Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Player statistics for Joshua Allison". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Support comes for Croydon paraplegic Josh Allison as he makes Victorian wheelchair basketball team". Herald Sun . 12 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Big V Teams Unite To Help A Mate". Big V. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Joshua Allison". Basketball Australia . Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Josh Allison fundraiser". Kilsyth Basketball. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Award Winners – National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL)". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Australian Rollers ready for Tour of Europe". Basketball Australia. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Australian Rollers Name Team for 2016 Continental Clash". Basketball Australia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Australian Rollers ready for Rio 2016 revenge". Australian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hosts shock Rollers to end Rio campaign". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.