STIBNERS Brett

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 25 Jun 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4.0

Place of birth: WOLLONGONG, 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
Paralympic Games
1	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
2	Men	2012	London, GBR
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Men	2010	Birmingham, GBR
3	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER

Sticky ["Because I was a skinny kid."] (Athlete, 04 May 2016)

Occupation:

Draughting - Wollongong TAFE, Australia

Wife Rebecca, children Lachie and Eddie

Languages spoken:

Wollongong Roller Hawks [AUS]

Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Forward (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

Other sports:

He played indoor hockey at U21 level for Australia. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

2006 for Australia, Gold Cup in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Athlete, 08 May 2016)

National league:

National Wheelchair Basketball League [AUS] (rollerhawks.com.au, 08 Jul 2020)

He began wheelchair basketball at age 22 in Shellharbour, NSW, Australia. (Athlete, 08 May 2016)

"After trying wheelchair basketball I realised it was everything I missed when playing hockey [before his accident]. Every player needs to contribute and work as a team for a positive outcome." (sunrisemedical.com.au, 15 Sep 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (iwbf.org, 27 Nov 2019)

Australian rugby league player and coach Brad Fittler. (Athlete, 08 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"The harder I work the luckier I become." (sunrisemedical.com.au, 15 Sep 2012)

He was named to the 2019 National Wheelchair Basketball League [NWBL] All-Star team. (rollerhawks.com.au, 21 Aug 2019)

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. (gloucesteradvocate.com.au, 25 Jan 2019)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 08 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 08 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He fell asleep while driving his van and crashed head-on with a truck. He sustained serious injuries to his lower body and had to have his right leg amputated. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018; paralympic.org.au, 15 Sep 2016)

General
AWARD
The Illawarra Academy of Sport in Australia has an annual award named in his honour, given to the most outstanding Para athlete of the year. (ias.org.au, 11 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/brett.stibners

Legend

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

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