WARBURTON Gregg

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 19 Nov 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 2.0

Place of birth: MANCHESTER

Birth 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
World Championships
1	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
1	Men	2019	Walbrzych, POL

Occupation:

Physical Education - Wigan and Leigh College, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

CD Illunion [Madrid, ESP]

Haj Bhania [national]

Sporting relatives:

His brother Lucas, who is able-bodied, has played wheelchair basketball for the Manchester Mavericks club in England. (leighjournal.co.uk, 07 Sep 2016, 06 Sep 2012)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (telemadrid.es, 30 Apr 2021)

He began playing wheelchair basketball at age nine with the Manchester Mavericks in England. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

"When I was young I tried and participated in many sports until I came across wheelchair basketball through a multi-sport event via school. I went along to one session and never looked back. It's changed my life for the better." (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; sunrisemedical.co.uk, 09 Sep 2019)

Canadian wheelchair basketball player Patrick Anderson. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

He was named in the All-Star Five at the 2019 European Championships in Swiebodzice, Poland. (iwbf.org, 11 Sep 2019)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. (bbc.co.uk, 30 Aug 2019)

In 2014 he won the Disabled Sports Achiever of the Year Award for the Wigan and Leigh area in England. (feweek.co.uk, 07 Oct 2014)

General Interest

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

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

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
His lower legs were amputated when he was a baby as he was born without fibula bones. He also has a malformation in his left arm. (bt.com, 22 Mar 2018; Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; feweek.co.uk, 07 Oct 2014; sunrisemedical.co.uk, 09 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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