Stephen Guthrie is a

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 na ...

player from

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, and a member of the national team, the

Wheel Blacks 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. The Wheel Blacks squad is made up from players from different regions around New Zealand. They include Au ...

. 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

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he was part of the team that went one better and won the bronze medal. His final appearance was in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...

where the wheel blacks displace the American team to win the gold medal.

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* * Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for New Zealand Wheelchair rugby players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair rugby players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair rugby players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Living people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby 21st-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub