| Brad Dubberley | |
| Headercolor: | green |
| Textcolor: | yellow |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Kurri Kurri, New South Wales |
| Disability Class: | 3.5 |
Brad Dubberley (born 28 June 1981) is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby Head Coach and former athlete. He won a silver medal as an athlete at the 2000 Sydney Games and was the head coach at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event.[1] He is the head coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Australian Steelers.[2]
Dubberley was born in the New South Wales town of Kurri Kurri on 28 June 1981.[3] He became a quadriplegic at the age of 12 when he fell down a 50 m cliff while playing with friends in the bush in Victoria.[4] In 1995, at the age of 14, he took up wheelchair rugby as part of the rehabilitation process.[4] His classification level was 3.5.[4] He first represented Australia in 1996 in a test series with New Zealand.[4] At 1998 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, he was member of the team that came 5th.[4] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he was a member of the team that won the silver medal.[4] At the 2002 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, he was a member of the team that won the bronze medal.[4] At the 2004 Athens Games, he was a member of the team that came 5th.[4] His last major competition as an athlete was at the 2006 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, where the team came 6th.[4] During his career as an athlete, he competed in over 70 international competitions.[4]
In 1998 he was the Australian Junior Paralympian of the Year.[4] In 2009, he was awarded the Primary Club of Australia's Sir Roden Cutler Award for his services to wheelchair rugby.[5] Dubberley is a frequent visitor to spinal units offering advice and support. His message is "Don't let the chair, stop you from doing anything".[6]
Dubberley retired from competition in 2006 and in November of that year was appointed as head coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team.[4] He coached the team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games[7] and the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.[8] He is preparing the team for the 2012 London Games. He coached the Australian national wheelchair rugby team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which went through the five-day tournament undefeated and won the gold medal.[9] He was the head coach at the 2016 Rio Paralympics where the team won Gold.[10]
At the 2018 World Championships in Sydney, he was Head Coach of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.[11] Dubberley coached the Steelers to win the gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when they defeated the United States .[12]
He currently lives in Point Cook, Victoria.[13]