Mogo Wheelchairs is an Australian manufacturer of sporting
wheelchairs established by Michael Callahan who competed in
wheelchair basketball for
Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics that were held in two locations - Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom (wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries) and in the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New ...
and
1992 Summer Paralympics
)( es, Deporte Sin Límites)
, nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD)
, athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD)
, opened_by = Queen Sofía
, opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD)
, closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD)
, even ...
.
Origins
Callahan wasn't able to find suitable chairs for competitive wheelchair basketball, and started building his own in the early 1980s.
In 2000 Callahan reported to
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
that his company was building 600 to 700 chairs a year at around
AUD 2,000 per chair, and almost all of Australia's wheelchair basketball team was using his chairs.
Mogo pioneered the inclusion of a fifth wheel that is now standard in wheelchair basketball.
Advocacy
Double amputee, Paralympian and public speaker Matt Glowacki is their advocate in the United States.
See also
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Surgical Engineering
Michael "Mike" Alwyn Nugent (born 1945/1946) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair manufacturer, who has won six medals at four Paralympics.
Personal
Nugent was paralysed in a motorbike accident and first became involved in whe ...
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Wheelchair manufacturers
Sports equipment
Organisations based in Sydney
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