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unusual facts about wheelchair basketball



2008 ASEAN ParaGames

The 4th ASEAN Para Games sports include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis.

Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Canada have qualified one men's team and one women's team in wheelchair basketball through their results at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

Carlee Hoffman

Carlee Hoffman (born July 10, 1986) is an American female wheelchair basketball player from Cutlerville, Michigan.

Cassie Mitchell

Despite her disability she was elected as a President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers where she did some researching and played on a wheelchair basketball team.

Hotties Helping Heroes

The Hotties have attended many events in order to raise both their own profile and that of Help for Heroes' including: playing wheelchair basketball with injured soldiers at Phoenix House, Catterick; vising Tedworth House, Tidworth to see where the money raised will be spent; and visiting Accrington Stanley Football Club to raise money and Mallory Park, Lincolnshire with Mission Motorsport.

Jon Rydberg

Also an accomplished wheelchair basketball player, Rydberg has contributed to the Rolling Timberwolves program that the Minnesota Timberwolves sponsors.

Mehmet Çetingöz

He is a 4 point player competing for Beşiktaş JK wheelchair basketball team.


see also

2005–06 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2005–2006 season is the 20052006 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2006–07 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2006–2007 season is the 20062007 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2007–08 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2007–2008 season is the 20072008 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2008–09 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2008–2009 season is the 20082009 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2009–10 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2009–2010 season is the 20102010 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2010–11 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2010–2011 season is the 20102011 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

Brett Stibners

At the event, he played wheelchair basketball with then New South Wales Premiere Kristina Keneally.

Carle Place, New York

Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Player Steve Serio graduated from Carle Place High School in 2005.

IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

The first official wheelchair basketball world championship for men under-23 was held in 1997 hosted by Toronto, Canada.

Serio

Steve Serio (born 1987), American wheelchair basketball player

Spain men's national wheelchair basketball team

The team competed in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Stephanie Wheeler

Stephanie Wheeler (born in Norlina, North Carolina on January 16, 1981) is an American wheelchair basketball player who was on two gold-medal winning Paralympic teams.

Women's basketball in Australia

They first appeared on the Paralympic seen at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, despite women's wheelchair basketball being competed for at the Paralympics since 1968.