Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

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Eight teams participated in wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Teams could have up to 12 players, but no more than 11 of the team members could be male. In wheelchair rugby, each player is given a sport class based on their upper body function. The classification is a 7-level score ranging from 0.5 to 3.5, with lower scores corresponding to more severe disability. The sum score of all a team's players on the field could not exceed 8.

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Team staff
Coach Brad Dubberley
Assistant coach Robert Doidge
No.NameSport classAge
8 Bryce Alman 2.032
3 Ryley Batt 3.519
7 Grant Boxall 2.532
5 Shane Brand 1.535
4 Cameron Carr 2.031
2 Nazim Erdem 0.538
1 George Hucks 3.040
12 Steve Porter (captain)2.538
11 Ryan Scott 0.526
13 Greg Smith 2.041
6 Scott Vitale 2.023

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Team staff
Coach Benoit Labrecque
Assistant coach Marco Dispaltro
Assistant coach Adam Frost
No.NameSport classAge
6 Ian Chan 3.031
2 Jason Crone 1.521
13 Jared Funk 0.534
5 Garett Hickling 3.537
10 Trevor Hirschfield 1.024
11 Fabien Lavoie 3.027
9 Say Luangkhamdeng 2.031
1 Daniel Paradis 0.547
4 Erika Schmutz 1.535
15 Patrice Simard 1.529
8 Mike Whitehead 3.032
14 David Willsie (captain)2.040

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Team staff
Coach Wen Yan
Assistant coach Wu Zhiming
No.NameSport classAge
3Chen Jun2.523
8 Cheng Shuangmiao (captain)2.028
7 Cui Maosheng 2.032
2 Han Guifei 3.021
1 Pan Zilin 3.535
12 Shao Dequan 1.020
10 Tao Zhenfeng 0.532
6 Tian Shilin 2.024
5 Wang Sheng 3.035
11 Xia Junfeng 0.536
9 Yu Zhongtao 1.025
15 Zhang Wenli 1.540

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Team staff
Coach Pierre Sahm
Assistant coach Bert Metzger
No.NameSport classAge
15 Maik Baumann 3.028
3 Christian Goetze 1.033
14 Joerg Holzem (captain)2.535
10 Salih Koeseoglu 2.528
4 Wolfgang Mayer 2.543
13 Nacer Menezla 2.033
8 Oliver Johannes Picht 3.036
11 Micael Reis 2.530
12 Wolfgang Schmitt 0.525
7 Dirk Wieschendorf 1.033
1 Christoph Werner 2.039

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Team staff
Coach Mark Edward O'Connor
No.NameSport classAge
11 Alan Ash 2.035
10 Andrew Barrow 2.029
2 Jonathan Coggan 0.525
8 Troye Collins 2.536
9 Justin Frishberg 2.036
5 Bulbul Hussain 1.036
6 Ross Morrison 2.529
3 Steven Palmer 1.535
12 Josie Pearson 1.522
7 Jason Roberts 1.535
1 Mandip Sehmi 2.527
4 Paul Shaw 1.037

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Team staff
Coach Yasuo Shiozawa
Assistant coach Daisuke Aoyagi
No.NameSport classAge
7 Shingo Fujishima 3.036
12 Shunsuke Kawano 1.532
8 Hiroyuki Misaka 2.027
6 Takuo Murohashi 2.033
3 Yu Nagayasu 3.022
11 Shin Nakazato 2.531
5 Koichi Ogino (captain)1.042
10 Yoshito Sato 2.028
4 Shinichi Shimakawa 3.033
1 Yoshinobu Takahashi 0.533
9 Manabu Tamura 2.533

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Team staff
Coach Grant Sharman
Assistant coach Tim Johnson
No.NameSport classAge
13 Daniel Buckingham (captain)3.027
7 Tim Johnson 2.032
11 David Klinkhamer 1.526
2 Curtis Palmer 2.531
4 Sholto Taylor 2.036
6 Geremy Tinker 2.035
5 Jai Waite 1.032
14 Adam Wakeford 1.030

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The United States national wheelchair rugby team. US national wheelchair rugby team - Beijing 2008.png
The United States national wheelchair rugby team.
Team staff
Coach James Gumbert
Assistant coach Edward Suhr
No.NameSport classAge
11 Andy Cohn 2.030
10 Will Groulx 2.034
8 Scott Hogsett 1.035
4 Bryan Kirkland (captain)2.037
5 Norm Lyduch 1.036
2 Seth McBride 2.025
7 Jason Regier 0.533
9 Nick Springer 2.023
1 Chance Sumner 3.031
6 Joel Wilmoth 3.519
3 Mark Zupan 3.033

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