CHOUDHRY Gaz

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 23 Jun 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4.0

Place of birth: KARACHI

Birth Country:

Pakistan

Place of residence : LONDON

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men GBR Great Britain	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #12 GBR Great Britain 70 ALG Algeria 43	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #20 GER Germany 71 GBR Great Britain 59	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #31 GBR Great Britain 64 USA United States 63	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #36 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 57 GBR Great Britain 69	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #49 AUS Australia 69 GBR Great Britain 70	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #60 GBR Great Britain 66 CAN Canada 52	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Semifinal #68 JPN Japan 79 GBR Great Britain 68	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Bronze Medal Match #72 ESP Spain 58 GBR Great Britain 68	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
1	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
5	Men	2010	Birmingham, GBR
7	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
European Championships
1	Men	2019	Walbrzych, POL
2	Men	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Occupation:

Politics - Royal Holloway University, London, GBR

Languages spoken:

English, Italian, Urdu

BSR Amiab Albacete [Spain] since 2017

Haj Bhania [national]

2009 for Great Britain, World Cup in Manchester, Great Britain (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

He broke his collarbone in 2009 and was out for six weeks. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (regiondigital.com, 14 Oct 2019)

His first experience of wheelchair basketball was at a visiting road show by the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association. He began playing at a club at age 12 in London, England. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; wandsworthguardian.co.uk, 23 Oct 2019; ealingtoday.co.uk, 30 Aug 2016)

He loved the sport from when he first tried it, due to the sense of freedom it gave him, and had his imagination captured by learning from British wheelchair basketball players Sinclair Thomas and Ade Adepitan. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; wandsworthguardian.co.uk, 23 Oct 2019; ealingtoday.co.uk, 30 Aug 2016)

To win gold at the Paralympic Games. (wandsworthguardian.co.uk, 23 Oct 2019)

Winning the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. (telegraph.co.uk, 27 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"Fortune favours the brave." (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

He was a member of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team that was awarded the Bill McGowran Trophy at the 2018 Sports Journalists' Association's British Sports Awards. (yahoo.com, 23 Dec 2018; sportsjournalists.co.uk, 01 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
4.0 (paralympics.org.uk, 02 Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (skysports.com, 27 Nov 2014)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated at age 10 due to bone cancer. (skysports.com, 27 Nov 2014)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In December 2020 he was one of six athletes elected to join the British Paralympic Association's [BPA] Athletes' Commission, who represent the views of athletes on a wide range of decisions and issues. (paralympics.org.uk, 11 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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