Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

Eight teams participated in wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Teams could have up to 12 players, but no more than 11 of the team members could be male. In wheelchair rugby, each player is given a sport class based on their upper body function. The classification is a 7-level score ranging from 0.5 to 3.5, with lower scores corresponding to more severe disability. The sum score of all a team's players on the field could not exceed 8.

Team staff
Coach Brad Dubberley
Assistant coach Robert Doidge
No. Name Sport class Age
8 Bryce Alman 2.0 32
3 Ryley Batt 3.5 19
7 Grant Boxall 2.5 32
5 Shane Brand 1.5 35
4 Cameron Carr 2.0 31
2 Nazim Erdem 0.5 38
1 George Hucks 3.0 40
12 Steve Porter (captain) 2.5 38
11 Ryan Scott 0.5 26
13 Greg Smith 2.0 41
6 Scott Vitale 2.0 23
Team staff
Coach Benoit Labrecque
Assistant coach Marco Dispaltro
Assistant coach Adam Frost
No. Name Sport class Age
6 Ian Chan 3.0 31
2 Jason Crone 1.5 21
13 Jared Funk 0.5 34
5 Garett Hickling 3.5 37
10 Trevor Hirschfield 1.0 24
11 Fabien Lavoie 3.0 27
9 Say Luangkhamdeng 2.0 31
1 Daniel Paradis 0.5 47
4 Erika Schmutz 1.5 35
15 Patrice Simard 1.5 29
8 Mike Whitehead 3.0 32
14 David Willsie (captain) 2.0 40
Team staff
Coach Wen Yan
Assistant coach Wu Zhiming
No. Name Sport class Age
3 Chen Jun 2.5 23
8 Cheng Shuangmiao (captain) 2.0 28
7 Cui Maosheng 2.0 32
2 Han Guifei 3.0 21
1 Pan Zilin 3.5 35
12 Shao Dequan 1.0 20
10 Tao Zhenfeng 0.5 32
6 Tian Shilin 2.0 24
5 Wang Sheng 3.0 35
11 Xia Junfeng 0.5 36
9 Yu Zhongtao 1.0 25
15 Zhang Wenli 1.5 40
Team staff
Coach Pierre Sahm
Assistant coach Bert Metzger
No. Name Sport class Age
15 Maik Baumann 3.0 28
3 Christian Goetze 1.0 33
14 Joerg Holzem (captain) 2.5 35
10 Salih Koeseoglu 2.5 28
4 Wolfgang Mayer 2.5 43
13 Nacer Menezla 2.0 33
8 Oliver Johannes Picht 3.0 36
11 Micael Reis 2.5 30
12 Wolfgang Schmitt 0.5 25
7 Dirk Wieschendorf 1.0 33
1 Christoph Werner 2.0 39
Team staff
Coach Mark Edward O'Connor
No. Name Sport class Age
11 Alan Ash 2.0 35
10 Andrew Barrow 2.0 29
2 Jonathan Coggan 0.5 25
8 Troye Collins 2.5 36
9 Justin Frishberg 2.0 36
5 Bulbul Hussain 1.0 36
6 Ross Morrison 2.5 29
3 Steven Palmer 1.5 35
12 Josie Pearson 1.5 22
7 Jason Roberts 1.5 35
1 Mandip Sehmi 2.5 27
4 Paul Shaw 1.0 37
Team staff
Coach Yasuo Shiozawa
Assistant coach Daisuke Aoyagi
No. Name Sport class Age
7 Shingo Fujishima 3.0 36
12 Shunsuke Kawano 1.5 32
8 Hiroyuki Misaka 2.0 27
6 Takuo Murohashi 2.0 33
3 Yu Nagayasu 3.0 22
11 Shin Nakazato 2.5 31
5 Koichi Ogino (captain) 1.0 42
10 Yoshito Sato 2.0 28
4 Shinichi Shimakawa 3.0 33
1 Yoshinobu Takahashi 0.5 33
9 Manabu Tamura 2.5 33
Team staff
Coach Grant Sharman
Assistant coach Tim Johnson
No. Name Sport class Age
13 Daniel Buckingham (captain) 3.0 27
7 Tim Johnson 2.0 32
11 David Klinkhamer 1.5 26
2 Curtis Palmer 2.5 31
4 Sholto Taylor 2.0 36
6 Geremy Tinker 2.0 35
5 Jai Waite 1.0 32
14 Adam Wakeford 1.0 30
 
The United States national wheelchair rugby team.
Team staff
Coach James Gumbert
Assistant coach Edward Suhr
No. Name Sport class Age
11 Andy Cohn 2.0 30
10 Will Groulx 2.0 34
8 Scott Hogsett 1.0 35
4 Bryan Kirkland (captain) 2.0 37
5 Norm Lyduch 1.0 36
2 Seth McBride 2.0 25
7 Jason Regier 0.5 33
9 Nick Springer 2.0 23
1 Chance Sumner 3.0 31
6 Joel Wilmoth 3.5 19
3 Mark Zupan 3.0 33

References

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  • "Schedules and Results - Wheelchair Rugby". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-09-27.