Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair basketball
at the X Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (AUS) (men)
 Canada (CAN) (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR) (men)
 Netherlands (NED) (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA) (men)
 United States (USA) (women)
1992
2000
Australian gold medallist men's wheelchair basketballer Troy Sachs encourages the crowd at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.
American women's team defending against Australia's Liesl Tesch

Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
details
 Australia (AUS)

Gerry Hewson
Stuart Ewin
David Selby
Timothy Maloney
Orfeo Cecconato
Nick Morris
Troy Andrews
Benjamin Cox
Robert "Sandy" Blythe
David Gould
Troy Sachs
Richard Oliver

 Great Britain (GBR)








Simon Munn



 United States (USA)




Trooper Johnson







Randy Snow

Women's team
details
 Canada (CAN)

Marni Abbott
Linda Kutrowski
Lori Radke
Tracey Ferguson
Sabrina Pettinicchi

Chantal Benoit
Renee del Colle

Kendra Ohama
Jennifer Krempien

 Netherlands (NED)









Evelina van Leeuwen

Jennette Jansen

 United States (USA)


Jana Stump




Pamela Fontaine




Source: Paralympic.org [1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Medallists, Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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