- Tige Simmons
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Tige Simmons Personal information Nationality Australia Born 5/5/77 Medal recordWheelchair basketball Paralympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Men's wheelchair basketball World Championship Gold 2010 Birmingham Team Tige Simmons is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team [1] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[2] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship [3][4] that won a gold medal.[5] He plays his club basketball for the Brisbane Spinning Bullets in Queensland. He was born on 5 May 1977. He plays as a guard and is classified as a 1.0 player.[3] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with Brisbane Spinning Bullets.[6]
References
- ^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=/paralympics/2008. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1214. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. http://www.sports.org.au/newsletter/19-2010/92-july-2010.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1206. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND". New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010.
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