Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | 31 January 1968
Sport | |
Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
Event | Men's team |
Club | Capital City Aces |
Team | Bulldogs |
Medal record |
Simon Munn (born 31 January 1968 [1] ) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He is originally from Aylesbury.
He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident.[ citation needed ]
As a wheelchair basketball player, Munn has played for clubs including Super League Club MK Aces, Tameside Owls and London Club Capital City. He is classified as a 4 point player. He received the British Wheelchair Sport Awards in 2007. [2]
Munn was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver medal in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008. [3] He planned to retire as a basketball player after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, [4] but eventually competed in his seventh Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. [5]
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