| Michael Ozanne | |
| National Team: | Australian national wheelchair rugby team (2013–present) |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1987 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Sport: | Wheelchair rugby |
| Disability Class: | 0.5 |
Michael "Mick" Ozanne (born 28 April 1987) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He represented the Steelers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Ozanne was born on 28 April 1987[2] and lives in Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland.[3] Ozanne injured his spinal cord at the level of his C6 vertebra diving into a shallow canal as a 19-year-old.[3] He took up wheelchair rugby after a demonstration of its brutality shortly after his accident.[3] He made his debut for the Australian Steelers in 2013. 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.[4] [5] At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.[6]
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.[7]
Ozanne won his second world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States. [8]