Brett Stibners Explained

Brett Stibners
Full Name:Brett Andrew Stibners
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Club:Wollongong Roller Hawks
Birth Date:1979 6, df=yes

Brett Andrew Stibners, OAM[1] (born 25 June 1979) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, his fourth Games.[2]

Personal

Stibners was born on 25 June 1979, and is from the Wollongong suburb of Oak Flats.[3] He is a full-time athlete,[3] and is nicknamed Sticky.[3] His left leg was amputated above the knee after a car accident.[3] [4] in 2001[5] when the car he was driving collided with a truck.[4] Prior to his accident, he worked as an apprentice electrician.[6]

Basketball

Stibners is classified as a 4.0 player and is a forward.[7] He first started playing wheelchair basketball in 2003.[3] In 2010, he was the recipient of a grant by WorkCover NSW to enable him to worry less about money and prepare for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He used the money to cover training and travel expenses, and to maintain his wheelchair.[4] He was at a press appearance announcing funding for Paralympic sport in March 2011. At the event, he played wheelchair basketball with then New South Wales Premiere Kristina Keneally.

National team

Stibners first represented Australia on the national level in 2006.[3]

Paralympics

Stibners was part of the gold medal-winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team[8] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[9] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[10] In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro[11] where his team, The Rollers, finished sixth.[12]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Rollers finished fifth with a win–loss record of 4–4.[2] [13]

Other competitions

In 2003, Stibners was a member of the national squad that competed at the Gold Cup in Amsterdam. This was his first international appearance.[3] In 2007, he was part of the gold medal-winning team at the Arafura Games.[7] In 2009, he was part of the national squad that won gold at the Rollers World Challenge and the team that won gold at the Paralympic World Cup held in Manchester, England.[7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[14] [15] that won a gold medal.[16] In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.

Club basketball

Stibners started playing club basketball in 2002 for the Wollongong Roller Hawks of Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball League. He is classified as a 4.0 player and plays as a forward.[14] In 2003, he won a league championship with the team.[6] In 2007, he played club basketball in Spain for CD Fundosa Group.[7] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with Wollongong Rollerhawks.[17], he plays his club basketball for the NWBL's Wollongong Roller Hawks. His team beat the Perth Wheelcats in the 2011 NWBL Championship. In the semi-final round, he scored 26 points and had 18 rebounds. In the finals, he had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.[18]

Coaching

Stibners is an Assistant Coach with the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[19]

Hockey

Stibners named as a member of the Australian national indoor hockey team[3] prior to his 2001 accident.[5] [6]

Recognition

Shellharbour City gave him a key to the city in 2008.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stibners, Brett Andrew. It's an Honour. 30 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065922/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1140146&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. 4 March 2016. live.
  2. Web site: 21 July 2021. Standards And Culture To Drive Revamped Rollers. live. 21 July 2021. Paralympics Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721010744/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/standards-and-culture-to-drive-revamped-rollers/ . 21 July 2021 .
  3. Web site: Brett Stibners. Australian Paralympic Committee. 6 November 2011. 5 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805112303/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/brett-stibners. live.
  4. Web site: WorkCover scholarships helping Paralympic athletes fulfil their dreams . Work Cover New South Wales . 6 November 2011 . 10 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402015546/http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/newsroom/Ministerial%20Media%20releases/101110_workcover_scholarships_paralympic_athletes_dreams.pdf . 2 April 2012 .
  5. News: 6 November 2011. Premier relives schoolgirl glory days on basketball court. 9 March 2011. Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 29 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110829182301/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-relives-schoolgirl-glory-days-on-basketball-court-20110309-1bnma.html. live.
  6. News: Talented sportsman given key to Shellharbour. 6 November 2011. Illawarra Mercury. 19 December 2008. Alex. Arnold.
  7. Web site: Brett Stibners . Basketball Australia . 6 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413163155/http://hosting3.sportingpulse.com/www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=591 . 13 April 2012 .
  8. Web site: Event guide: Wheelchair basketball. 9 September 2011. 4 September 2008. ABC. Andrew. McGarry. 13 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113091215/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=%2Fparalympics%2F2008. live.
  9. Web site: Basketball Chronology. Basketball Australia. 2010. 9 September 2011. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025545/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471. live.
  10. Web site: Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results. London 2012 Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. 8 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908235825/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/event/men/match%3Dwbm400101/index.html. live.
  11. Web site: Australian Rollers ready for Rio 2016 revenge . . 19 July 2016 . 20 July 2016 . 29 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829040610/https://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-rollers-ready-for-rio-2016-revenge/ . live .
  12. Web site: Hosts shock Rollers to end Rio campaign. Australian Paralympic Committee. 29 September 2016. 2 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002111818/https://www.paralympic.org.au/hosts-shock-rollers-to-end-rio-campaign/. live.
  13. Web site: 4 September 2021. Rollers end Tokyo campaign fifth. live. 18 September 2021. New South Wales Institute of Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918045009/https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/rollers-end-tokyo-campaign-fifth/ . 18 September 2021 .
  14. Web site: Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team. Basketball Australia. 11 September 2011. 2010. 25 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025175845/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1214. live.
  15. Web site: Newsletter 2010 July 2010 . July 2010 . 11 September 2011 . Australian Athletes With a Disability . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110408065015/http://www.sports.org.au/newsletter/19-2010/92-july-2010.html . 8 April 2011 .
  16. Web site: 11 September 2011. Rollers Int History. 2010. Basketball Australia. 18 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918012149/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1206. live.
  17. Web site: 6 November 2011 . FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND . 29 June 2010 . New South Wales Basketball . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110216143631/http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/documents/4NSWTeamRepsNamedinRollersTeamtoPlayEngland.pdf . 16 February 2011 .
  18. Web site: 6 November 2011. Wollongong Roller Hawks claim 2011 NWBL Title. Basketball Australia. 19 August 2011. 5 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405114244/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2201&cHash=4c4ff62768. live.
  19. Web site: 2024-07-05 . Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 Paralympics Australia . 2024-07-07 . www.paralympic.org.au . en-AU.

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