Nicholas Morris

Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Men's wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

Australian men's wheelchair basketball team members Troy Sachs (on the floor), Nick Morris and Sandy Blythe at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Nicholas Morris OAM is a Men's wheelchair basketball player for Australia, who was a member of the team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta as well as a member of the 2000 Summer Paralympics wheelchair basketball squad. Nick was injured in a motorcycle accident at age 16 and credits his involvement in sport as the key to his rehabilitation.^[1]

Nick was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist in 1997.^[2] He was also presented with an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for his many years service to the Paralympic movement as a Basketball athlete.^[3]

In his professional capacity, Nick sat on the Australian Standards Committee for Access provisions (AS1428) and is a director of Morris Goding Accessibility Consulting.^[4] In 1999 he established accessibility.com.au, a web site dedicated to providing information about accessible venues, facilities, services, transport and news.^[5]

In 2006 Nick co-invented the Vulcan Wheel, ergonomically designed one-piece extruded aluminium wheelchair wheel for use in general travel and sport. The invention was featured on the ABC New Inventors program.^[6][7]

Currently Nick is a member of the International Paralympic Committee and consults for BOCOG.^[8]

References

1. ^ RMIT Alumni Profile, accessed 1 September 2008
2. ^ Australian Honours Search, accessed 1 September 2008
3. ^ Australian Honours Search, accessed 1 September 2008
4. ^ MGAC Directors, accessed 1 September 2008
5. ^ accessibility.com.au - History, accessed 1 September 2008
6. ^ New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel, accessed 1 September 2008
7. ^ New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel (Winner), accessed 1 September 2008
8. ^ accessibility.com.au - Accessing Beijing, accessed 1 September 2008

External links

• Disability Consultants Database Entry

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