Ian Sagar
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Born | 29 March 1982 Sheffield,England |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
Ian Sagar(born 29 March 1982) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He was selected to play forTeam GBin the2012 Summer ParalympicsinLondon.[1]He has a broken spinal cord.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Sagar was born inSheffield,South Yorkshire,England. He currently lives inBarnsley,South Yorkshire.[1]In 1999, he had a motorcycle accident, breaking hisspinal cord.[2]He is going to be in a wheelchair (disabled) for his entire life, as he will not recover from breaking his spinal cord.[2]He was interviewed by the journalistAlessandro Camagni,who told of his life in the book "Torneresti indietro?".[3]
Wheelchair basketball
[edit]Sagar began playing wheelchair basketball in 2006, when he was 24 years old. He was introduced to wheelchair basketball after he worked as a salesman forRGK,a manufacturer of sports wheelchairs. He first played for theSheffield Steelers wheelchair basketball teamat the age of 23, and played for three years. Sagar now plays for theTameside Owls.Sagar also plays for aSpanishwheelchair basketball team inToledo.He made his Great Britain debut in 2008.[4][5]
Sagar played his first championship at the European Championships inAdana,Turkey in 2009. Along with his team, he finished in the bronze medal position, third place. In 2010 he played at the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships inBirmingham.He finished in fifth place, out of the medals. In 2011 he had his first success, at the 2011 European Championships inNazareth,northern Israel. He finished in first place, winning gold, along with his team.[4]He was picked forthe Great British Team(Team GB) in the2012 Summer Paralympics,held on home ground inLondon.[5]He participated in the2016 Summer ParalympicsinRio de Janeiro,winning the bronze medal against Turkey. He was chosen to be team captain for the2020 Summer Paralympics,held inTokyo,and finished in third place along with his team.[6]
Sagar retired fromwheelchair basketballon 22 May 2022 to devote himself to his family.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Ian Sagar".Paralympics GB. Archived fromthe originalon 15 August 2012.Retrieved20 August2012.
- ^abc"London 2012 Paralympics: wheelchair basketball star Ian Sagar and coach Murray Treseder are striving for perfection".The Daily Telegraph.London.Retrieved20 August2012.
- ^Camagni, Alessandro (2017).Torneresti indietro?.
- ^ab"Ian Sagar".GBWBA.Retrieved20 August2012.
- ^ab"Great Britain's six of the best to follow on the road to London".The Observer.21 May 2011.Retrieved20 August2012.
- ^"ParalympicsGB | paralympicsgb names wheelchair basketball squads for tokyo 2020".ParalympicsGB.Retrieved13 November2023.
- Living people
- 1982 births
- British men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Great Britain
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Sheffield