O'NEILL-THORNE Tom

8 Apr 1997
24
Male
3.0
NHULUNBUY, NT
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Men 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
AUS
Australia
81
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
39
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
ALG
Algeria
37
AUS
Australia
83
Finished
Ariake Arena
AUS
Australia
64
GER
Germany
53
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
USA
United States
66
AUS
Australia
38
Finished
Ariake Arena
AUS
Australia
69
GBR
Great Britain
70
Finished
Ariake Arena
JPN
Japan
61
AUS
Australia
55
Finished
Ariake Arena
TUR
Turkey
58
AUS
Australia
74
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
6Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1Men2014Incheon, KOR
3Men2018Hamburg, GER
:
Tommygun (Athlete, 11 May 2016)
:
Athlete
:
Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, AUS
:
English
:
Queensland Spinning Bullets [Brisbane, QLD, AUS]
:
Craig Friday [national]
:
Guard (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)
:
2013 for Australia, World Championships Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand (Athlete, 11 May 2016)
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National Wheelchair Basketball League [AUS] (australia.basketball, 26 Nov 2019)
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He began wheelchair basketball at age 10 in Darwin, NT, Australia. (Athlete, 11 May 2016)
:
"I watched the Australian team play and thought I would give it a go at my local competition, and it took off from there." (Athlete, 11 May 2016)
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Australian wheelchair basketball player Tige Simmons. (Athlete, 11 May 2016)
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In 2013 and 2015 he was named Northern Territory Junior Sportperson of the Year at the NT Sports Awards. (dtsc.nt.gov.au, 04 Nov 2019)

In 2014 he was named Australian Male Junior Wheelchair Basketballer of the Year by Basketball Australia. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Impaired range of motion (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He has arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. "Tendons and muscles in my hips, knees and ankles did not grow in the womb, I have limited movement in my legs." (Athlete, 11 May 2016)

General
STOLEN RING
In January 2018 his family home in Darwin, NT, Australia, was broken into and the ring he won at the 2014 World Championships in Incheon, Republic of Korea, where Australia won gold was stolen. In April 2019 the ring and other family possessions that were also stolen in the incident were returned after they were recovered by police. (9news.com.au, 04 Apr 2019)

REFEREE
He is a qualified wheelchair and able-bodied basketball referee. (australia.basketball, 18 Aug 2018)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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