Grant Mizens
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| Full name | Grant Karlis Mizens | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
19 April 1977 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM[1] (born 19 April 1977)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales.[3]
Basketball
He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard.[2]
National team
Paralympics
He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team [4] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[5] and also part of the team that won a gold medal[6] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[5] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[7]
Other competitions
He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.[8] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship [2][9] that won a gold medal.[10]
Club basketball
Mizens plays club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks.[2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings.[11]
References
- 1 2 "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.
- ↑ "Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ "2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships". Basketball Victoria. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011.