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2013 Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations
The Be the Influence Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations is a wheelchair rugby tournament that took place on 18–20 September 2013 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, St Mary’s Cathedral Square, Sydney. Three nations competed in the tournament, they were the United States national wheelchair rugby team, United States of America, Wheel Blacks, New Zealand and Australia national wheelchair rugby team, Australia. The USA won the tournament by defeating Australia in the final. Tournament Preliminary round Semifinal Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tri-Nations Wheelchair rugby competitions International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia 2013 in wheelchair rugby 2013 in Australian rugby union 2013 in New Zealand rugby union 2013 in American rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Rugby
Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practised in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport. The US name is based on the requirement that all wheelchair rugby players need to have disabilities that include at least some loss of function in at least three limbs. Although most have spinal cord injuries, players may also qualify through multiple amputations, neurological disorders or other medical conditions. Players are assigned a functional level in points, and each team is limited to fielding a team with a total of eight points. Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a hardwood court, and physical contact between wheelchairs is an integral part of the game. The rules include elements from wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, handball and rugby union. The sport is governed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) which was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Lees
Jason Lees, is a wheelchair rugby player from Victoria and was a member of the Australian Steelers that won the gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Biography Lees life changed in June 2000. Lees a mechanic at the time was on a motocross circuit in Laverton, Victoria when his bike ran off the track and the resultant accident led to him breaking his neck. He is paralysed from the chest down but has recovered some mobility, improving to a point where he can stand a bit and use my arms a bit''.' His partner is Melanie Josephs and they have two girls. He who works part-time for Disability Sport and Recreation, In 2002, Lees started playing wheelchair rugby on the social, non-competitive level. In 2009, he made his debut for the Victoria state team and the Australian Steelers. He competed in the 2010 World Rugby Wheelchair Championships, where his team captured a silver medal. Lees was a member of the Steelers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Australian Rugby Union
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2013 In Wheelchair Rugby
Thirteen or 13 may refer to: * 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14 * One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013 Music * 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band Albums * ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013 * ''13'' (Blur album), 1999 * ''13'' (Borgeous album), 2016 * ''13'' (Brian Setzer album), 2006 * ''13'' (Die Ärzte album), 1998 * ''13'' (The Doors album), 1970 * ''13'' (Havoc album), 2013 * ''13'' (HLAH album), 1993 * ''13'' (Indochine album), 2017 * ''13'' (Marta Savić album), 2011 * ''13'' (Norman Westberg album), 2015 * ''13'' (Ozark Mountain Daredevils album), 1997 * ''13'' (Six Feet Under album), 2005 * ''13'' (Suicidal Tendencies album), 2013 * ''13'' (Solace album), 2003 * ''13'' (Second Coming album), 2003 * ''13'' (Ces Cru EP), 2012 * ''13'' (Denzel Curry EP), 2017 * ''Thirteen'' (CJ & The Satellites album), 2007 * ''Thirteen'' (Emmylou Harris album), 1986 * ''Thirteen'' (Harem Scarem album), 2014 * ''Thirte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Rugby Union Competitions Hosted By Australia
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Wheelchair Rugby Competitions
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries (paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebral palsy, brain injury, osteogenesis imperfecta, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and more. Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaptions, individualized controls, and may be specific to particular activities, as seen with sports wheelchairs and beach wheelchairs. The most widely recognized distinction is between motorized wheelchairs, where propulsion is provided by batteries and electric motors, and manual wheelchairs, where the propulsive force is provided either by the wheelchair user or occupant pushing the wheelchair by hand ("self-propelled"), by an attendant pushing from the rear using the handle(s), or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Taylor
Sholto Taylor (born 1 September 1972) is a New Zealand wheelchair rugby player, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks. He has competed with the Wheel Blacks at several international events, including the 1996 Summer Paralympics, the 2000 Summer Paralympics (winning bronze), the 2004 Summer Paralympics (gold), and the 2006 World Championships (silver). Taylor was the flagbearer of New Zealand's delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa .... His team finished in fifth place at those games. References External links * * 1972 births Living people New Zealand wheelchair rugby players Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for New Zealand Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand Paralympic bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Leslie
Cameron Leslie (born 17 January 1990) is a New Zealand paralympics swimmer and wheelchair rugby player. Career Leslie was a student at Auckland University of Technology and has a quadruple limb deficiency. He won the gold medal in the men's 150 m individual medley at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2013, he won the gold medal in the men's 150 m individual medley, and a bronze medal in the men's 50 m backstroke, at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 50 m backstroke at the World Para Swimming Championships in London. Just prior to this, he helped New Zealand's wheelchair rugby team, the ''Wheel Blacks'', claim a bronze medal at the IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Leslie was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2009 New Year's Honours, for services to swimming. Of Māori descent, Leslie affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi Iwi () are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Buckingham
Dan Buckingham (born 25 September 1980) 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). Early life Dan was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, and grew up in rural Southland. He is the youngest of 3 siblings. He was educated at St Kevin's College (1994–96) and Verdon College (1997-98) where he captained the schools First XV rugby team. In 1999 while attending Otago University he sustained a fracture dislocation to his C6/7 vertebrae while playing club rugby, resulting in paralysis from the chest down, with some loss of function to his hands. He completed his rehabilitation at Burwood hospital, where he learned to use a manual wheelchair for mobility. Domestic wheelchair rugby Dan began training with the Canterbury wheelchair rugby team while still in the Burwood hospital spinal injury rehabilitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Konerferisi
Barney Koneferenisi (born 9 March 1994) is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks. Koneferenisi won the 2013 NWRC GIO Most Trusted Player award, and appeared on New Zealand television programme Attitude Attitude may refer to: Philosophy and psychology * Attitude (psychology), an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value * Metaphysics of presence * Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a pro .... References External links * 1994 births Living people New Zealand wheelchair rugby players Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for New Zealand Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Wheelchairrugby-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harrison (wheelchair Rugby)
Andrew Harrison, (born 7 June 1987) 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. Personal Andrew John Harrison was born on 7 June 1987 in Bayswater North, Victoria. At the age of seventeen, he became a quadriplegic as a result of a 2004 diving accident when he jumped head first into a shallow river. He spent time recovering and undergoing physical therapy at Kew, Victoria, Kew's Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. His accident is one of the reasons he was part of a campaign called "Don’t Drink and Dive" which encouraged people to be careful when diving. His hobbies include four-wheelers, cars and off-road buggies, which he can drive despite his injuries. , he lives in Bayswater North, Victoria, is a student and works as a Spinchat Coordinator. He is married to Lisa and they have a son Jack who was born on 1 January 2015. Wheelchair rugby Harrison is a 2.0 point wheelchair rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Hose
Joshua Anthony "Josh" Hose, (born 1 December 1986) 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. Personal Joshua Anthony Hose was born on 1 December 1986 in Camperdown, Victoria. On 26 January 2005 (Australia Day), he was involved in a car accident that left him a C6 – C7 Paraplegic; he dislocated a vertebra when the roof of his car collapsed after a rollover. He ended up spending two weeks in a medically induced coma during his recovery. His subsequent paralysis is from the waist down. Growing up, he played cricket, football and basketball. He moved to Melbourne in mid-2008, He attended Victoria University where he completed Certificate IV in Disability Studies. and works as a motivational speaker. In 2021, he is a Peer Support Project Officer with AQA Victoria Ltd. Wheelchair rugby Hose is a 3.0 point wheelchair rugby player. He is a member of Wheelchair Sports Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
