EDMONDSON Andrew

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

Edmo (Instagram profile, 08 Feb 2020)

Business, Sport Studies - Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney, NSW, AUS

English

South Australia Sharks [Australia]

Brad Dubberley [national], AUS

Prior to his accident he had received a scholarship to play rugby union at a private school in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, Sep 2016)

He was introduced to wheelchair rugby during his rehabilitation, and first tried the sport in 2004 at an Australian Paralympic Committee [APC] Come and Try day. He began competing in 2005. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 18 Feb 2016; paralympic.org.au, 2014)

He was taken to a wheelchair basketball game during his rehabilitation and encouraged to try the sport. "They [rehab staff] took me out to see a game and some of the players asked if I wanted to have a go. At this stage I could only push a chair about 20 metres but they chucked me in a rugby chair, put some gloves on my hands and said, 'Off you go'. I was pushing really slowly and wasn't sure what I was doing. Then I looked up, saw one of the guys I'd been in rehab with come roaring over in his rugby chair and smash into me. It was probably the first time in eight months that I'd smiled. It felt great." (athletesvoice.com.au, 20 May 2019; dailytelegraph.com.au, 18 Feb 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 13 Oct 2016)

Winning a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 13 Oct 2016)

His grandparents. (paralympic.org.au, 10 Aug 2018)

In 2017 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM]. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 31 Jan 2017)