Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

Great Britain GRB
Great Britain GRB
IWRF Ranking	5th
IWRF Zone	IWRF European
National Federation	GBWR
Coach	Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Gold 2020
World Championships
Appearances	5
Medals	–
IWRF European Championship
Appearances	11
Medals	Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017,2019; Silver: 1997, 2011,2022,2023; Bronze: 1999,2013
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 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] 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^[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	London WRC	Co-Captain
4	2.0	Gavin Walker	1983-10-13	Leicester Tigers WRC	Co-Captain
10	2.5	Ayaz Bhuta	1989-04-17	West Coast Crash
2	0.5	Jonathan Coggan	1983-04-25	London WRC
24	1.0	Ryan Cowling	1976-02-05	West Coast Crash
8	1.5	Nicholas Cummins	1985-08-04	Leicester Tigers WRC
7	0.5	Kylie Grimes	1987-12-07	London WRC
13	3.5	Aaron Phipps	1983-04-07	Team Solent Sharks
9	3.0	Jim Roberts	1987-09-03	London WRC
3	3.5	Stuart Robinson	1982-04-15	West Coast Crash
5	2.0	Jack Smith	1991-07-11	Leicester Tigers WRC
12	2.5	Jamie Stead	1993-09-22	Leicester Tigers WRC

Competitive record

Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games results
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2000	6th	5	2	3
2004	4th	6	4	2
2008	4th	5	2	3
2012	5th	5	3	2
2016^[6]	5th	4	2	2
2020	1st	5	4	1
Total		30	17	13

IWRF World championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1995	4th	9	3	6
1998	7th	?	?	?
2002	5th	7	5	2
2006	4th	7	5	2
2010	6th	7	3	4
2014	5th	7	5	2
Total		37	21	16

Past rosters

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 Tarr
2004 Paralympic Games: Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Ross Morrison, Bob O'Shea, Steve Palmer, Jason Roberts, Paul Shaw, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
2008 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'Connor
2012 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'Connor
2016 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 Shaw
2020 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

^ "The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 - On Demand - All 4". channel4.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
^ "Home". iwrf.com.
^ Qualification Criteria – WR^{[permanent dead link‍]}, International Paralympic Committee, 2010
^ "ParalympicsGB | Paralympicsgb names wheelchair rugby squad for tokyo 2020".
^ "Mixed - Open". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^ "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

A Laypersons Guide to Wheelchair Rugby Classification, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)

External links

Team GB at GBWR
From Murderball to medals in 2012? (video) at BBC London

[1] "The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 - On Demand - All 4". channel4.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[2] Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

[3] "Home". iwrf.com.

[qual-4] Qualification Criteria – WR^{[permanent dead link‍]}, International Paralympic Committee, 2010

[5] "ParalympicsGB | Paralympicsgb names wheelchair rugby squad for tokyo 2020".

[6] "Mixed - Open". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[7] "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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