Adrian King
For other uses, see Adrian King (disambiguation).
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| Full name | Adrian John King | ||||||||||||||||||
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21 November 1971 Tamworth, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian John King, OAM[1] (born 21 November 1971 in Tamworth, New South Wales) [2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Paralympics.[3] He won a silver medal as part of the 2004 team and a gold medal as part of the 2008 team, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1][3] He is from Queensland.[4]
In 2013, he was honoured in the Tamworth Wall of Olympians.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ↑ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ↑ "Paralympic Games Athletes from Queensland 1964-2008". Sporting Wheelies. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ↑ "Tamworth Olympians recognised". ABC News. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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