AUPRINCE Michael

21 Feb 1993
28
Male
4.0
SYDNEY, NSW
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Men 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
AUS
Australia
81
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
39
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
ALG
Algeria
37
AUS
Australia
83
Finished
Ariake Arena
AUS
Australia
64
GER
Germany
53
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
USA
United States
66
AUS
Australia
38
Finished
Ariake Arena
AUS
Australia
69
GBR
Great Britain
70
Finished
Ariake Arena
JPN
Japan
61
AUS
Australia
55
Finished
Ariake Arena
TUR
Turkey
58
AUS
Australia
74
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
3Men2018Hamburg, GER
:
Aupy ["I was a knock off of Thorpey [swimmer Ian Thorpe] and it was given to me because I used to swim."] (Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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Athlete
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Education - Western Sydney University, Australia
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Partner Mary Gibbons
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English
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RSV Lahn-Dill [GER] / Perth Wheelcats [AUS]
:
Janet Zeltinger [RSV Lahn-Dill], CAN; Craig Friday [national]
:
Centre (giessener-allgemeine.de, 28 Mar 2019)
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He won a gold and a bronze medal in Para swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Mar 2020; Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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2013 for Australia Against Canada, in Japan (Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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He began wheelchair basketball in 2005 at age 12 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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To compete at the Paralympic Games in 2020, 2024 and 2028. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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Australian wheelchair basketball player Brad Ness. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)
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"I am a team first guy. Whatever the coaches and players need me to do, I will do." (rollt-magazin.de, 29 Mar 2019)
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He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2017/18 US National Championships. (giessener-allgemeine.de, 28 Mar 2019)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born without muscles in his left leg, which required amputation at age 10. (Athlete, 04 May 2016; theleader.com.au, 31 Jul 2012)

General
OTHER STUDIES
He studied English language at the University of Alabama in the United States of America from 2015 to 2019. In 2020 he began studying for a master;s degree in information management at Curtin University in Perth, WA, Australia. (Facebook profile, 09 Sep 2019; rollt-magazin.de, 29 Mar 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

CHANGE OF SPORT
After competing in swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, he turned his focus to wheelchair basketball. "I got to London which was my main goal and you get to a point in sport where you don't feel the drive any more and I got there in swimming." (foxsportspulse.com, 15 Jan 2014)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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