AUPRINCE Michael

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4.0

Place of birth: SYDNEY, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #10 AUS Australia 81 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 39	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #16 ALG Algeria 37 AUS Australia 83	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #29 AUS Australia 64 GER Germany 53	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #40 USA United States 66 AUS Australia 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #49 AUS Australia 69 GBR Great Britain 70	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #59 JPN Japan 61 AUS Australia 55	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 5/6 #69 TUR Turkey 58 AUS Australia 74	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
3	Men	2018	Hamburg, 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)

Occupation:

Education - Western Sydney University, Australia

Partner Mary Gibbons

Languages spoken:

RSV Lahn-Dill [GER] / Perth Wheelcats [AUS]

Janet Zeltinger [RSV Lahn-Dill], CAN; Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Centre (giessener-allgemeine.de, 28 Mar 2019)

Other sports:

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)

2013 for Australia Against Canada, in Japan (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

He began wheelchair basketball in 2005 at age 12 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

To compete at the Paralympic Games in 2020, 2024 and 2028. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Australian wheelchair basketball player Brad Ness. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"I am a team first guy. Whatever the coaches and players need me to do, I will do." (rollt-magazin.de, 29 Mar 2019)

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)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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