Medal record | ||
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Wheelchair rugby | ||
Representing New Zealand | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Mixed team | |
2000 Sydney | Mixed team |
Stephen Guthrie is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Stephen was part of the wheel blacks at three consecutive Paralympics. His first appearance was in 1996 when wheelchair rugby was a demonstration event and the New Zealand team finished in fourth place, four years later in 2000 he was part of the team that went one better and won the bronze medal. His final appearance was in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where the wheel blacks displace the American team to win the gold medal. [1]
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.
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.
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Gregory Stephen Smith, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player who won three gold medals in athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and a gold medal in wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Brad Dubberley is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby Head Coach and former athlete. He won a silver medal as an athlete at the 2000 Sydney Games and as the head coach at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event. He is the head coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Australian Steelers.
New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 36 athletes, 28 men and 8 women. Competitors from New Zealand won ten medals, including 6 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.
Andrew Harrison, is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics. and competed at the 2020 Summer 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).
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Bill Oughton was a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
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