McSHANE Matthew

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.5

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : GOLD COAST, QLD

Residence 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
Paralympic Games
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
3	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER

Macca, Matt (Facebook profile, 15 Aug 2019; Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Occupation:

Engineering, Industrial Design - Griffth University, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Partner Ella Sabljak

Languages spoken:

Queensland Spinning Bullets [Brisbane, QLD, AUS]

Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Guard (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

Sporting relatives:

His partner Ella Sabljak has also represented Australia in wheelchair basketball. (couriermail.com.au, 24 Aug 2019; paralympic.org.au, 06 Apr 2021)

2014 for Australia, in Japan (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

National league:

National Wheelchair Basketball League [AUS] (australia.basketball, 26 Nov 2019)

He began playing wheelchair basketball in 2011 at age 20 in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 15 Sep 2016)

He took up the sport as a form of exercise. (goldcoastbulletin.com.au, 24 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard." (Facebook profile, 15 Aug 2019)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Impairment Details
At age 18 he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological condition that affects the spinal cord. (paralympic.org.au, 15 Sep 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/matt.mcshane.3

Legend

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

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