Tige Arthur Simmons, OAM[1] (born 5 May 1977) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games.
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| Full name | Tige Arthur Simmons | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Rachel Simmons | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editTige Simmons became a paraplegic due to a motorbike accident.[2] He was part of the gold medal-winning Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team[3] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1]
He was a member of the Australian Men's National Wheelchair Basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[5][6] that won a gold medal.[7]
He plays as a guard and is classified as a 1.0 player.[5]
In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Brisbane Spinning Bullets.[8]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[9] In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro[10] where his team, The Rollers, finished sixth.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Tige Simmons". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Australian Rollers ready for Rio 2016 revenge". Australian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Hosts shock Rollers to end Rio campaign". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
