Josh Hose Explained

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Josh Hose
Nationality:Australian
Residence:Melbourne, Australia
Birth Date:1986 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Camperdown, Victoria
Disability Class:3.0
Country:Australia
Sport:Wheelchair rugby
Event:Team
Club:Wheelchair Sports Australia
Team:Victorian Thunder

Joshua Anthony "Josh" Hose, (born 1 December 1986) is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] [2]

Personal

Joshua Anthony Hose was born on 1 December 1986 in Camperdown, Victoria.[3] [4] On 26 January 2005 (Australia Day), he was involved in a car accident[4] that left him a C6 – C7 Paraplegic; he dislocated a vertebra when the roof of his car collapsed after a rollover.[5] He ended up spending two weeks in a medically induced coma during his recovery. His subsequent paralysis is from the waist down.[6] Growing up, he played cricket, football and basketball.[6] He moved to Melbourne in mid-2008,[6] [7] He attended Victoria University where he completed Certificate IV in Disability Studies.[5] [3] and works as a motivational speaker.[3] In 2021, he is a Peer Support Project Officer with AQA Victoria Ltd.

Wheelchair rugby

Hose is a 3.0 point wheelchair rugby player.[3] [8] He is a member of Wheelchair Sports Australia,[3] the Victoria state wheelchair rugby team,[5] and plays for the Victorian Thunder in the National Wheelchair Rugby League.[9], he has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport[10] and was also supported by Victoria's Disability Sport and Recreation.[11] He trains at the Victorian Institute of Sport and in the cities of Kew, Caroline Springs and Box Hill.[3]

Hose watched the 2008 Summer Paralympics wheelchair rugby matches and some local games, and it inspired him to take up the sport after seeing an opportunity to play while rehabbing in Victoria.[4] [6]

National team

Hose made his national team debut in 2009 at the Asia Oceania championships,[4] [3] after being selected for the team in May.[6] He played in the 2010 World Championships[4] [3] where Australia finished second.[5] That year, he also represented Australia at the 4 Nations event and the Canada Cup.[3] In 2011, Hose was regularly flying between Brisbane and Melbourne to train with the national team in Brisbane.[7]

Hose trained with the national team in 2012 at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.[12] [13] In May 2012, he participated in a test series against Japan in Sydney.[14] [15] He was part of the Australian team at the 2012 Canada Cup.[15] His team finished first at the London hosted 2012 Paralympic Test Event.[4] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair rugby[8] [16] [17] in May 2012 before the start of the Opening Ceremony of the International Wheelchair Rugby Test Series.[4] The Games were his first.[4] Going into London, his team was ranked second in the world behind the United States.[4] He was part of the team that won the gold medal.[18] The Australian team went through the five-day tournament undefeated.[19] He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark. .

He was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.[20]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[21]

He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[22]

Hose announced his retirement from the Steelers in November 2021.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steelers aim to maintain their reign in Rio . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829041812/https://www.paralympic.org.au/steelers-aim-to-maintain-their-reign-in-rio/ . dead . 29 August 2016 . Australian Paralympic Committee News . 25 July 2016 . 25 July 2016 .
  2. Web site: Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again. 29 July 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  3. Web site: Josh Hose . Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) . 2012 . 18 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130421011938/http://vis.org.au/item/josh-hose.html . 21 April 2013 .
  4. Web site: Hose realises London dream . Camperdown Chronicle . 8 May 2012 . 31 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100633/http://www.camperdownchronicle.com.au/index.php/sports-replica/item/296-hose-realises-london-dream . 2 February 2014 .
  5. Web site: 30 July 2012 . Josh Hose . Independence Australia . Australia . 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154211/http://www.independenceaustralia.com/uploads/Josh%20Hose%20bio.pdf . 2 February 2014 .
  6. Web site: Andrew Thomson . Aussie selection for rising wheelchair rugby star . The Warrnambool Standard . 21 October 2009 . 31 July 2012.
  7. Web site: Meagan Rooth . Honour for Paralympic wheelchair rugby hopeful . The Warrnambool Standard . 26 May 2011 . 31 July 2012.
  8. Web site: Josh Hose . Australian Paralympic Committee . Australia . 2012 . 13 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Player statistics for Josh Hose (3.0) . SportingPulse . 31 July 2012.
  10. Web site: Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics . VicSport . 31 July 2012 . 22 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022084149/http://www.vicsport.asn.au/News.aspx?ID=131 . dead .
  11. Web site: Latest News . Disability Sport and Recreation . 19 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130621085909/http://www.dsr.org.au/news1.aspx?ArticleID=534 . 21 June 2013 .
  12. Web site: Stathi Paxinos . Rock'n'roll rugby: world's best player rolls with the punches . Brisbanetimes.com.au . 29 February 2012 . 18 August 2012.
  13. Web site: Aussie Wheelchair Rugby . Theage.com.au . 18 August 2012.
  14. Web site: Michelmore . Karen . Australia's Steelers smash and crash their way to London – . ABC Sydney – Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 4 May 2012 . 31 July 2012.
  15. Web site: Kate Butler . Hose dares to dream of Paralympics glory . The Warrnambool Standard . 9 May 2012 . 31 July 2012 .
  16. Web site: Australian Wheelchair Rugby Team announced for London 2012 . Wheelchair Sports NSW . 19 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409204038/http://www.wsnsw.org.au/australian-wheelchair-rugby-team-announced-for-london-2012.html . 9 April 2013 .
  17. Web site: Australian Steelers team named for London 2012 . National Wheelchair Rugby League . 19 August 2012.
  18. Web site: Mixed Wheelchair Rugby – Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby . 12 September 2012 . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 12 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120912001642/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-rugby/event/mixed-open/teams/team=australia-wrx400aus01/ . dead .
  19. Web site: Batt stars as Australia win gold . 9 September 2012 . 12 September 2012 . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120912084830/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/news/articles/batt-wings-australia-gold.html . 12 September 2012 . dmy-all .
  20. News: Lees. Chris. Steelers double up with Paralympics gold. 19 September 2016. Sunshine Coast Daily. 19 September 2016.
  21. Web site: 31 July 2021. Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020. 20 September 2021. Inside The Games.
  22. News: . Australia Day honours list 2014: in full . 26 January 2014 . 26 January 2014.
  23. Web site: 22 November 2021. Steelers' Golden Era Stars Announce Retirement. 23 November 2021. Paralympics Australia.

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