Country: | Great Britain |
Country Alt: | GRB |
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National Fed: | GBWR |
Iwrf Zone: | IWRF European |
Coach: | Paul Shaw |
Iwrf Ranking: | 5th |
Paraly Appearances: | 5 |
Wc Appearances: | 5 |
Wc Medals: | – |
Zone Championship: | IWRF European Championship |
Zone Appearances: | 11 |
Zone Medals: | Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017 Silver: 1997, 2011 Bronze: 1999 |
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The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as The Sweet Chariots.[1]
Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000.[2] Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List[3] [4]
The squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows:[5]
Class | Name | Year Born | Team | Notes | ||
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22 | 2.0 | Chris Ryan | 1991-07-11 | Co-Captain | ||
4 | 2.0 | Gavin Walker | 1983-10-13 | Co-Captain | ||
10 | 2.5 | 1989-04-17 | ||||
2 | 0.5 | 1983-04-25 | ||||
24 | 1.0 | Ryan Cowling | 1976-02-05 | |||
8 | 1.5 | Nicholas Cummins | 1985-08-04 | |||
7 | 0.5 | 1987-12-07 | ||||
13 | 3.5 | 1983-04-07 | ||||
9 | 3.0 | Jim Roberts | 1987-09-03 | |||
3 | 3.5 | Stuart Robinson | 1982-04-15 | |||
5 | 2.0 | Jack Smith | 1991-07-11 | |||
12 | 2.5 | Jamie Stead | 1993-09-22 |
Paralympic Games results | |||||||||
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width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
2000 | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
2004 | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
2008 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
2012 | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
2016[6] | 5th | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
2020 | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Total | 30 | 17 | 13 |
width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
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1995 | 4th | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||||
1998 | 7th | ? | ? | ? | |||||
2002 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||
2006 | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||
2010 | 6th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
2014 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||
Total | 37 | 21 | 16 |
Roy Humphreys, Alan Ash, Paul Jenkins, Jeffery Davey, Mark Eccleston, Rob Tarr, Darren Ransome, Keith Jones[7]
Simon Chambers, Troye Collins, Keith Jones, Graham Kamaly-Asl, Bob O'Shea, Ian Prescott, Darren Ransome, Paul Shaw, Mike Spence, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Ross Morrison, Bob O'Shea, Steve Palmer, Jason Roberts, Paul Shaw, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
Alan Ash, Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Bulbul Hussain, Ross Morrison, Steven Palmer, Josie Pearson, Jason Roberts, Mandip Sehmi, Paul Shaw, Coach: Mark Edward O'Connor
David Anthony, Andy Barrow, Steve Brown (captain), Jonathan Coggan, Kylie Grimes, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Ross Morrison, Myles Pearson, Aaron Phipps, Mandip Sehmi, Coach: Tom O'Connor
Alan Ash, Coral Batey, Ayaz Bhuta, Ryan Cowling, Jonathan Coggan, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Jim Roberts, Chris Ryan, Mandip Sehmi, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw
Ayaz Bhuta, Jonathan Coggan, Ryan Cowling, Nicholas Cummins, Kylie Grimes, Aaron Phipps, Jim Roberts, Stuart Robinson, Chris Ryan, Jack Smith, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw