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Brett Stibners

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Brett Stibners
Portrait of Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Stibners in 2012
Personal information
Full nameBrett Andrew Stibners
NationalityAustralia
Born(1979-06-25)25 June 1979(age 45)
Sport
ClubWollongong Roller Hawks
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Men's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Men's wheelchair basketball
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Amsterdam Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hamburg Team

Brett Andrew Stibners,OAM[1](born 25 June 1979) is an Australianwheelchair basketballplayer who won a gold medal at the2008 Summer Paralympicsand the2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the2020 Summer Paralympics,his fourth Games.[2]

Personal

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Stibners was born on 25 June 1979, and is from the Wollongong suburb ofOak Flats.[3]He is a full-time athlete,[3]and is nicknamed Sticky.[3]His left leg was amputated above the knee after a car accident.[3][4]in 2001[5]when the car he was driving collided with a truck.[4][6]Prior to his accident, he worked as an apprentice electrician.[6]

Basketball

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Great Britain vs Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at Gliders & Rollers World Challenge on 21 July 2012. Aussie 6 Brett Stibners and 9 Tristan Knowles. GB no 10 is Abdi Jama

Stibners is classified as a4.0 playerand is a forward.[7]He first started playing wheelchair basketball in 2003.[3]In 2010, he was the recipient of aA$10,000grant by WorkCover NSW to enable him to worry less about money and prepare for the2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]He used the money to cover training and travel expenses, and to maintain his wheelchair.[4]He was at a press appearance announcing funding for Paralympic sport in March 2011. At the event, he played wheelchair basketball with then New South Wales PremiereKristina Keneally.[5]

National team

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Stibners first represented Australia on the national level in 2006.[3]

Paralympics

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Stibners at the 2012 London Paralympics

Stibners was part of the gold medal-winningAustralia men's national wheelchair basketball team[8]at the2008 Summer Paralympics,[9]for which he received aMedal of the Order of Australia.[1]At the2012 Summer Paralympicshe was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[10]In 2016, he was selected for the2016 Summer ParalympicsinRio de Janeiro[11]where his team, The Rollers, finished sixth.[12]

At the2020 Tokyo Paralympics,the Rollers finishedfifthwith a win–loss record of 4–4.[2][13]

Other competitions

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In 2003, Stibners was a member of the national squad that competed at the Gold Cup in Amsterdam. This was his first international appearance.[3]In 2007, he was part of the gold medal-winning team at theArafura Games.[7]In 2009, he was part of the national squad that won gold at the Rollers World Challenge and the team that won gold at the Paralympic World Cup held inManchester, England.[7]He was a member of theAustralia men's national wheelchair basketball teamthat competed at the2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[14][15]that won a gold medal.[16]In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at2018 Wheelchair Basketball World ChampionshipinHamburg,Germany.

Club basketball

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Stibners started playing club basketball in 2002 for the Wollongong Roller Hawks of Australia'sNational Wheelchair Basketball League.He is classified as a 4.0 player and plays as a forward.[14]In 2003, he won a league championship with the team.[6]In 2007, he played club basketball inSpainfor CD Fundosa Group.[7]In 2010, he was playing club basketball with Wollongong Rollerhawks.[17]As of 2011,he plays his club basketball for the NWBL's Wollongong Roller Hawks. His team beat the Perth Wheelcats in the 2011 NWBL Championship. In the semi-final round, he scored 26 points and had 18 rebounds. In the finals, he had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.[18]

Coaching

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Stibners is an Assistant Coach with the Rollers at the2024 Paris Paralympics.[19]

Hockey

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Stibners named as a member of the Australian national indoor hockey team[3]prior to his 2001 accident.[5][6]

Recognition

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Shellharbour City gave him a key to the city in 2008.[6]

References

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  1. ^ab"Stibners, Brett Andrew".It's an Honour.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved30 December2011.
  2. ^ab"Standards And Culture To Drive Revamped Rollers".Paralympics Australia.21 July 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 21 July 2021.Retrieved21 July2021.
  3. ^abcdefgh"Brett Stibners".Australian Paralympic Committee.Archivedfrom the original on 5 August 2011.Retrieved6 November2011.
  4. ^abcd"WorkCover scholarships helping Paralympic athletes fulfil their dreams"(PDF).Work Cover New South Wales. 10 November 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2 April 2012.Retrieved6 November2011.
  5. ^abc"Premier relives schoolgirl glory days on basketball court".Sydney Morning Herald.Sydney, Australia. 9 March 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 29 August 2011.Retrieved6 November2011.
  6. ^abcdeArnold, Alex (19 December 2008)."Talented sportsman given key to Shellharbour".Illawarra Mercury.Retrieved6 November2011.
  7. ^abcd"Brett Stibners".Basketball Australia. Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2012.Retrieved6 November2011.
  8. ^McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008)."Event guide: Wheelchair basketball".ABC.Archivedfrom the original on 13 November 2012.Retrieved9 September2011.
  9. ^"Basketball Chronology".Basketball Australia. 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 21 February 2014.Retrieved9 September2011.
  10. ^"Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results".London 2012 Paralympic Games.Archivedfrom the original on 8 September 2012.Retrieved8 September2012.
  11. ^"Australian Rollers ready for Rio 2016 revenge".Australian Paralympic Committee.19 July 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 29 August 2016.Retrieved20 July2016.
  12. ^"Hosts shock Rollers to end Rio campaign".Australian Paralympic Committee.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2016.Retrieved29 September2016.
  13. ^"Rollers end Tokyo campaign fifth".New South Wales Institute of Sport.4 September 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 18 September 2021.Retrieved18 September2021.
  14. ^ab"Basketball Australia: 2010 WC Team".Basketball Australia. 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 25 October 2011.Retrieved11 September2011.
  15. ^"Newsletter 2010 July 2010".Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 8 April 2011.Retrieved11 September2011.
  16. ^"Rollers Int History".Basketball Australia. 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 18 September 2010.Retrieved11 September2011.
  17. ^"FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND"(PDF).New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 16 February 2011.Retrieved6 November2011.
  18. ^"Wollongong Roller Hawks claim 2011 NWBL Title".Basketball Australia. 19 August 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 5 April 2012.Retrieved6 November2011.
  19. ^"Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia".paralympic.org.au.5 July 2024.Retrieved7 July2024.
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