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British Wheelchair Basketball (BWB), formerly named the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association, [1] is a non-profit organisation and the governing body for wheelchair basketball in Great Britain.
The Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Great Britain in international competitions. Great Britain has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games since the first tournament in 1960.
At the 2019 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball European Championships in Rotterdam, Great Britain secured qualification to the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. [2] Going into the tournament, Great Britain were the reigning Worlds silver medalists as well as the third-place team in six consecutive European Championships.
Amy Conroy (born 22 October 1992) is a 4.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in a Rio de Janeiro, co captained the team to win Gold in the under 25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Beijing and won a silver medal at the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg.
Harry Brown (born 21 June 1994) [1] is an English para sports person from Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] who has represented England at wheelchair rugby league and Great Britain in wheelchair basketball in numerous international tournaments. He currently plays only wheelchair basketball for BSR AMIAB Albacete in Spain. [2]
Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. [1] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. [ 2 ] It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball worldwide.
Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE (/ ˈ æ d i ə ˈ d ɛ p i ˌ t æ n /; born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television.
The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (), the sport's global governing body.