WHITE Samuel

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: FRANKSTON, VIC

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

Sammy, Sam (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018; Facebook profile, 01 Jun 2016)

Occupation:

Information Technology, Networks - University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, USA

Languages spoken:

West Adelaide Thunder [Australia]

Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Guard (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

2013 for Australia, in Blankenberge, Belgium (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

National league:

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

He began playing wheelchair basketball at age 28 in Adelaide, SA, Australia. (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

"I needed some recreation and basketball was the only option. I ended up loving it." (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a 2010 motocross accident. (australia.basketball, 26 Nov 2019; Athlete, 11 May 2016)

General
OTHER STUDIES
He has studied information technology systems at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, United States of America. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/sammy.white.1614

Legend

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

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