Michael Ozanne
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Disability class | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Ozanne is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.
Ozanne lives in Upper Caboolture just outside Brisbane, Queensland. [1] Ozanne injured his C6 vertebrae diving into a shallow canal as a 19-year-old. [1] He took up wheelchair rugby after a demonstration of its brutality shortly after his accident. [1] 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. [2][3]
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.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Grams, Jacob (23 April 2013). "Ozanne's tough ride to Brazil". Caboolture Herald.
- ↑ "Jayden aims for world champion". Waragul and Droun Gazette. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Results". IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships website. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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