Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

Great Britain United Kingdom GRB
IWRF Ranking 5th
IWRF Zone IWRF European
National Federation GBWR
Coach United Kingdom Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances 4
Medals –
World Championships
Appearances 5
Medals –
IWRF European Championship
Appearances 11
Medals Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017
Silver: 1997, 2011
Bronze: 1999
Uniforms
Red
Blue

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.

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.[1] Since Great Britain was the host of the 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 [2][3]


Roster

The 2016 Squad is as follows:[4]

# Class Name Year Born Team
2.0Chris Ryan11/07/91United Kingdom
2.0Gavin Walker13/10/83United Kingdom
1.5Mike Kerr13/10/82United Kingdom
2.5Jamie Stead22/09/93United Kingdom
2.0Coral Batey06/05/95United Kingdom
2.5Ayaz Bhuta17/04/89United Kingdom
3.0Jim Roberts03/09/87United Kingdom
2.5Mandip Sehmi13/12/80United Kingdom
0.5Jonathan Coggan25/04/83United Kingdom
1.0Bulbul Hussain3/01/72United Kingdom
2.0Alan Ash27/01/73United Kingdom
1.0Ryan Cowling05/02/76United Kingdom

Competitive record

Past Rosters

The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

2008 Paralympic Games:


2012 Paralympic Games:

References

  1. ↑ Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  2. ↑ http://www.iwrf.com/
  3. ↑ Qualification Criteria – WR, International Paralympic Committee, 2010
  4. ↑ Team GB Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at GBWR
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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