Great Britain IWRF Ranking 5th IWRF Zone IWRF European National Federation GBWR Coach Appearances 5 Medals Gold 2020 Appearances 5 Medals – Appearances 11 Medals Gold : 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015 , 2017 ,2019Silver : 1997, 2011,2022,2023Bronze : 1999,2013
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]
Paralympics
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] 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]
Roster
The squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows:[ 5]
#
Class
Name
Year Born
Team
Notes
22
2.0
Chris Ryan
1991-07-11
Co-Captain
4
2.0
Gavin Walker
1983-10-13
Co-Captain
10
2.5
Ayaz Bhuta 1989-04-17
2
0.5
Jonathan Coggan 1983-04-25
24
1.0
Ryan Cowling
1976-02-05
8
1.5
Nicholas Cummins
1985-08-04
7
0.5
Kylie Grimes 1987-12-07
13
3.5
Aaron Phipps 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
Competitive record
Past rosters
The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. 1996 Paralympic Games : Roy Humphreys, Alan Ash, Paul Jenkins, Jeffery Davey, Mark Eccleston, Rob Tarr, Darren Ransome, Keith Jones[ 7] 2000 Paralympic Games : Simon Chambers, Troye Collins, Keith Jones, Graham Kamaly-Asl, Bob O'Shea , Ian Prescott, Darren Ransome, Paul Shaw, Mike Spence, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr2004 Paralympic Games : Andy Barrow , Jonathan Coggan , Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg , Ross Morrison, Bob O'Shea , Steve Palmer, Jason Roberts, Paul Shaw, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr2008 Paralympic Games : 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'Connor2012 Paralympic Games : 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'Connor2016 Paralympic Games : 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 Shaw2020 Paralympic Games : 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
References
External links
Americas Asia-Oceania Europe
List of Paralympic medalists
GRB
Gold 2020
Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017,2019
Silver: 1997, 2011,2022,2023
Bronze: 1999,2013
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