KNOWLES Tristan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
2	Men	2012	London, GBR
2	Men	2004	Athens, GRE
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
1	Men	2010	Birmingham, GBR
3	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
3	Men	2006	Amsterdam, NED

Knowlesy, T. (Athlete, 04 May 2016; vis.org.au, 14 Jul 2014)

Going to the cinema, travelling, coffee, watching TV, watching Australian rules football. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018; vis.org.au, 14 Jul 2014)

Athlete, Finance

Commerce, Finance - University of Wollongong, Australia

English

Kilsyth Cobras [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

Craig Friday [national]

Forward, Guard (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

2003 for Australia, Qualification Tournament in Wollongong, Australia (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

National Wheelchair Basketball League [AUS] (australia.basketball, 29 Aug 2019)

He began the sport in 1999 at age 15 in Canberra, ACT, Australia. (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

His father called the Australian Institute of Sport [AIS] to see if there were any sports his son could compete in considering his impairment. They suggested he try wheelchair basketball. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

Australian rules footballer Jason Dunstall. (vis.org.au, 14 Jul 2014)

"There is no shortcut to any place worth going." (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

He received the 2012 Sandy Blythe Medal, awarded to the men's international player of the year, from Basketball Australia. (basketball.net.au, 27 Mar 2012)

In 2009 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] for services to sport after winning a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (melrosewheelchairs.com.au, 01 Jul 2009)

In 2002 he was named New South Wales Wheelchair Basketballer of the Year in Australia. (uow.edu.au, 25 Apr 2013)