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Josh Hose
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Hose
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born(1986-12-01)1 December 1986(age 37)
Camperdown, Victoria
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWheelchair rugby
Disability class3.0
EventTeam
ClubWheelchair Sports Australia
TeamVictorian Thunder
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Mixed
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio Mixed
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Mixed
Gold medal – first place 2014 Odense Mixed

Joshua Anthony "Josh" Hose,OAM(born 1 December 1986) is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the2012 Londonand2016 Rio Paralympicsand competed at the2020 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]

Personal

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Joshua Anthony Hose was born on 1 December 1986 inCamperdown, Victoria.[3][4][5][6][7]On 26 January 2005 (Australia Day), he was involved in a car accident[6]that left him a C6 – C7Paraplegic;he dislocated a vertebra when the roof of his car collapsed after arollover.[4]He ended up spending two weeks in a medically induced coma during his recovery.[8]His subsequent paralysis is from the waist down.[8]Growing up, he played cricket, football and basketball.[8]He moved toMelbournein mid-2008,[8][9]He attendedVictoria Universitywhere he completed Certificate IV in Disability Studies.[4][3]and works as a motivational speaker.[3]In 2021, he is a Peer Support Project Officer with AQA Victoria Ltd.

Wheelchair rugby

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Hose at the 2012 London Paralympics

Hose is a 3.0 point wheelchair rugby player.[3][5]He is a member ofWheelchair Sports Australia,[3]theVictoria state wheelchair rugby team,[4]and plays for theVictorian Thunderin theNational Wheelchair Rugby League.[10]As of 2012,he has a scholarship with theVictorian Institute of Sport[11]and was also supported by Victoria's Disability Sport and Recreation.[12]He trains at the Victorian Institute of Sport and in the cities of Kew, Caroline Springs and Box Hill.[3]

Hose watched the2008 Summer Paralympicswheelchair rugby matches and some local games, and it inspired him to take up the sport after seeing an opportunity to play while rehabbing in Victoria.[6][8]

National team

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Hose made his national team debut in 2009 at the Asia Oceania championships,[6][3]after being selected for the team in May.[8]He played in the 2010 World Championships[6][3]where Australia finished second.[4]That year, he also represented Australia at the 4 Nations event and the Canada Cup.[3]In 2011, Hose was regularly flying between Brisbane and Melbourne to train with the national team in Brisbane.[9]

Hose trained with the national team in 2012 at theRoyal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.[13][14]In May 2012, he participated in a test series against Japan in Sydney.[15][16]He was part of the Australian team at the 2012 Canada Cup.[16]His team finished first at the London hosted 2012 Paralympic Test Event.[6]He was selected to representAustraliaat the2012 Summer Paralympicsin wheelchair rugby[5][17][18]in May 2012 before the start of the Opening Ceremony of the International Wheelchair Rugby Test Series.[6]The Games were his first.[6]Going into London, his team was ranked second in the world behind the United States.[6]He was part of the team that won the gold medal.[19]The Australian team went through the five-day tournament undefeated.[20]He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014World Wheelchair Rugby ChampionshipsatOdense,Denmark..

He was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the2016 Rio Paralympicsafter defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.[21]

At the2020 Summer Paralympics,the Steelers finishedfourthafter being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[22]

He was awarded anOrder of Australia Medalin the 2014Australia Day Honours"for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[7]

Hose announced his retirement from the Steelers in November 2021.[23]

References

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  1. ^"Steelers aim to maintain their reign in Rio".Australian Paralympic Committee News.25 July 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 29 August 2016.Retrieved25 July2016.
  2. ^"Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again".Paralympics Australia.Retrieved29 July2021.
  3. ^abcdefghi"Josh Hose".Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS). 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 21 April 2013.Retrieved18 August2012.
  4. ^abcde"Josh Hose"(PDF).Australia: Independence Australia. 2012. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2 February 2014.Retrieved30 July2012.
  5. ^abc"Josh Hose".Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012.Retrieved13 July2012.
  6. ^abcdefghi"Hose realises London dream".Camperdown Chronicle. 8 May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2014.Retrieved31 July2012.
  7. ^ab"Australia Day honours list 2014: in full".Daily Telegraph.26 January 2014.Retrieved26 January2014.
  8. ^abcdefAndrew Thomson (21 October 2009)."Aussie selection for rising wheelchair rugby star".The Warrnambool Standard.Retrieved31 July2012.
  9. ^abMeagan Rooth (26 May 2011)."Honour for Paralympic wheelchair rugby hopeful".The Warrnambool Standard.Retrieved31 July2012.
  10. ^"Player statistics for Josh Hose (3.0)".SportingPulse.Retrieved31 July2012.
  11. ^"Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics".VicSport. Archived fromthe originalon 22 October 2014.Retrieved31 July2012.
  12. ^"Latest News".Disability Sport and Recreation. Archived fromthe originalon 21 June 2013.Retrieved19 August2012.
  13. ^Stathi Paxinos (29 February 2012)."Rock'n'roll rugby: world's best player rolls with the punches".Brisbanetimes.au.Retrieved18 August2012.
  14. ^"Aussie Wheelchair Rugby".Theage.au.Retrieved18 August2012.
  15. ^Michelmore, Karen (4 May 2012)."Australia's Steelers smash and crash their way to London –".ABC Sydney – Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved31 July2012.
  16. ^abKate Butler (9 May 2012)."Hose dares to dream of Paralympics glory".The Warrnambool Standard.Retrieved31 July2012.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^"Australian Wheelchair Rugby Team announced for London 2012".Wheelchair Sports NSW. Archived fromthe originalon 9 April 2013.Retrieved19 August2012.
  18. ^"Australian Steelers team named for London 2012".National Wheelchair Rugby League.Retrieved19 August2012.
  19. ^"Mixed Wheelchair Rugby – Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby".Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived fromthe originalon 12 September 2012.Retrieved12 September2012.
  20. ^"Batt stars as Australia win gold".Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 9 September 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 12 September 2012.Retrieved12 September2012.
  21. ^Lees, Chris (19 September 2016)."Steelers double up with Paralympics gold".Sunshine Coast Daily.Retrieved19 September2016.
  22. ^"Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020".Inside The Games.31 July 2021.Retrieved20 September2021.
  23. ^"Steelers' Golden Era Stars Announce Retirement".Paralympics Australia.22 November 2021.Retrieved23 November2021.
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