Wheelchair basketball highlights - London 2012 Paralympic Games
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Men's team
GOLD: Canada (CAN)
Dave Durepos
Yvon Rouillard
Bo Hedges
Richard Peter
Joey Johnson
Adam Lancia
Abdi Dini
Chad Jassman
Patrick Anderson
Brandon Wagner
Tyler Miller
David Eng (captain)
Coach: Jerry Tonello
SILVER: Australia (AUS)
Justin Eveson
Bill Latham
Brett Stibners
Shaun Norris
Michael Hartnett
Tristan Knowles
Jannik Blair
Tige Simmons
Grant Mizens
Dylan Alcott
Nick Taylor
Brad Ness (captain)
Coach: Ben Ettridge
BRONZE: United States (USA)
Eric Barber
Joseph Chambers
Jeremy Lade
Joshua Turek
Trevon Jenifer
William Waller (captain)
Matt Scott
Steven Serio
Jason Nelms
Ian Lynch
Paul Schulte
Nate Hinze
Coach: Jim Glatch
Women's team
GOLD: Germany (GER)
Mareike Adermann
Johanna Welin
Britt Dillmann
Edina Müller
Annika Zeyen
Maria Kühn
Gesche Schünemann
Maya Lindholm
Annabel Breuer
Annegret Briessmann
Marina Mohnen (captain)
Heike Friedrich
Coach: Holger Glinicki
SILVER: Australia (AUS)
Sarah Vinci
Cobi Crispin
Bridie Kean (captain)
Amanda Carter
Tina McKenzie
Leanne del Toso
Clare Nott
Kylie Gauci
Shelley Chaplin
Sarah Stewart
Katie Hill
Amber Merritt
Coach: John Triscari
BRONZE: Netherlands (NED)
Inge Huitzing
Lucie Houwen
Jitske Visser
Roos Oosterbaan
Sanne Timmerman
Petra Garnier
Miranda Wevers
Cher Korver (captain)
Saskia Pronk
Barbara van Bergen
Carolina de Rooij-Versloot
Mariska Beijer
Coach: Gertjan van der Linden
Wheelchair basketball was originally developed by World War II veterans in the USA in 1945. At the same time, Sir Ludwig Guttmann developed a similar sport, Wheelchair Netball, at the Spinal Rehabilitation Hospital in Stoke Mandeville.
Since then, the sport has grown worldwide and was introduced on the global stage at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games, and today it is practiced in nearly 100 countries.
It is designed for athletes who have a physical impairment that prevents running, jumping and pivoting.
Men and women play on teams of five players each and the measurements of the court and the height of the baskets are the same as in able-bodied basketball.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
GOLD: Canada (CAN)
Dave Durepos
Yvon Rouillard
Bo Hedges
Richard Peter
Joey Johnson
Adam Lancia
Abdi Dini
Chad Jassman
Patrick Anderson
Brandon Wagner
Tyler Miller
David Eng (captain)
Coach: Jerry Tonello
SILVER: Australia (AUS)
Justin Eveson
Bill Latham
Brett Stibners
Shaun Norris
Michael Hartnett
Tristan Knowles
Jannik Blair
Tige Simmons
Grant Mizens
Dylan Alcott
Nick Taylor
Brad Ness (captain)
Coach: Ben Ettridge
BRONZE: United States (USA)
Eric Barber
Joseph Chambers
Jeremy Lade
Joshua Turek
Trevon Jenifer
William Waller (captain)
Matt Scott
Steven Serio
Jason Nelms
Ian Lynch
Paul Schulte
Nate Hinze
Coach: Jim Glatch
Women's team
GOLD: Germany (GER)
Mareike Adermann
Johanna Welin
Britt Dillmann
Edina Müller
Annika Zeyen
Maria Kühn
Gesche Schünemann
Maya Lindholm
Annabel Breuer
Annegret Briessmann
Marina Mohnen (captain)
Heike Friedrich
Coach: Holger Glinicki
SILVER: Australia (AUS)
Sarah Vinci
Cobi Crispin
Bridie Kean (captain)
Amanda Carter
Tina McKenzie
Leanne del Toso
Clare Nott
Kylie Gauci
Shelley Chaplin
Sarah Stewart
Katie Hill
Amber Merritt
Coach: John Triscari
BRONZE: Netherlands (NED)
Inge Huitzing
Lucie Houwen
Jitske Visser
Roos Oosterbaan
Sanne Timmerman
Petra Garnier
Miranda Wevers
Cher Korver (captain)
Saskia Pronk
Barbara van Bergen
Carolina de Rooij-Versloot
Mariska Beijer
Coach: Gertjan van der Linden
Wheelchair basketball was originally developed by World War II veterans in the USA in 1945. At the same time, Sir Ludwig Guttmann developed a similar sport, Wheelchair Netball, at the Spinal Rehabilitation Hospital in Stoke Mandeville.
Since then, the sport has grown worldwide and was introduced on the global stage at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games, and today it is practiced in nearly 100 countries.
It is designed for athletes who have a physical impairment that prevents running, jumping and pivoting.
Men and women play on teams of five players each and the measurements of the court and the height of the baskets are the same as in able-bodied basketball.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.