ROBINS Kim

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 12 Jun 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.0

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Finance, Insurance Officer

Sports Science - Edith Cowan University, Australia

Languages spoken:

English, German

RBB Munich Iguanas [GER] / Perth Wildcats [AUS]

Sebastian Magenheim [Iguanas]; Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Forward, Guard (rbb-muenchen.de, 07 Mar 2020)

Other sports:

He competed in junior wheelchair tennis at international level. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Feb 2020)

He began focusing on wheelchair basketball seriously at age 18. (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018)

His primary school teacher suggested he tried sports to boost his self-esteem. He settled on wheelchair basketball and tennis. (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018)

Impairment Details
At age one he was diagnosed with a neural tube defect that caused permanent spinal cord damage. (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018)

General
OTHER STUDIES
He has a master's degree in finance from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Victoria, Australia. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Feb 2020)

EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
At age four he took part in an international research study and was involved in a worldwide education campaign run by the Telethon Kids Institute to raise awareness about the link between the vitamin folate and neural tube defects. (sbs.com.au, 04 Sep 2018; health.thewest.com.au, 03 Jun 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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