The Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...

 side that represents Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 in international competitions.

Great Britain has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games

Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball...

 since the first tournament in 1960

Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.- Medal summary :-Rosters A:*USA: **Frank Vecerra, East St...

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Performance in Paralympic Games

• 1960
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.- Medal summary :-Rosters A:*USA: **Frank Vecerra, East St...
  
   - A: Silver - B: Bronze
• 1964
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of two events for men.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - A: Silver - B?
• 1968
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - Bronze
• 1972
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - 4th
• 1976
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - ?
• 1980
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - 12th
• 1984
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - ?
• 1988
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - 11th
• 1992
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - 6th
• 1996
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - Silver
• 2000
  Wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...
  
   - 4th
• 2004
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged in the Olympic Indoor Hall from September 18 to September 28.Teams consisted of twelve players, of whom five were on court at any one time. Each player was rated between 0.5 and 4.5 points based on the extent of their disability, with...
  
   - Bronze
• 2008
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008...
  
   - Bronze
• 2012
  Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Paralympic Games will be held from 30 August to 8 September. Competitions will be held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which will seat 10,000 spectators, and the The O2 in London...
  
   - TBD

Past Rosters

• 2010 World Championship
  2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
  The 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held in Birmingham, Great Britain from 7 to 17 July 2010. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held...
  
  : finished 6th among 10 teams

#4 Gaz Choudry, #5 Simon Brown, #6 Kevin Hayes, #7 Terry Bywater, #8 Simon Munn

Simon Munn

Simon Munn is a British wheelchair basketball player.He was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident...

, #9 Jon Pollock, #10 Abdi Jama, #11 Matt Sealy, #12 Ian Sagar, #13 Daniel Highcock, #14 Jon Hall, #15 Ade Orogbemi, (Coach: Murray Treseder)

• 2008 Paralympic Games
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008...
  
  : finished 3rd among 12 teams

Ade Orogbemi, Andrew Blake, Kevin Hayes, Matthew Byrne, Simon Brown, Peter Finbow, Joseph Bestwick, Jonathan Hall, Abdillah Jama, Terence Bywater, Jon Pollock, Simon Munn

Simon Munn

Simon Munn is a British wheelchair basketball player.He was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident...

• 2004 Paralympic Games
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
  Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged in the Olympic Indoor Hall from September 18 to September 28.Teams consisted of twelve players, of whom five were on court at any one time. Each player was rated between 0.5 and 4.5 points based on the extent of their disability, with...
  
  : finished 3rd among 12 teams

Matt Byrne, Andrew Blake, Peter Finbow, Colin Price, Stuart Jellows, Ade Adepitan, Jonathan Pollock, Simon Munn

Simon Munn

Simon Munn is a British wheelchair basketball player.He was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident...

, Terry Bywater, Kevin Hayes, Fred Howley, Sinclair Thomas

External links

• GB Men, at the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)