Grant Mizens
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Mizens
Personal information
Full nameGrant Karlis Mizens
Nationality Australia
Born19 April 1977
Sydney, New South Wales
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2008)​
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Men's wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Men's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Men's wheelchair basketball
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Birmingham Team

Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM[1] (born 19 April 1977)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales.[3]

Basketball

Mizens warming up

He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard.[2]

National team

Paralympics

Mizens at the 2012 London Paralympics

He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team[4] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[5] and also part of the team that won a gold medal[6] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[5] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[7]

Other competitions

He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.[8] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[2][9] that won a gold medal.[10]

Club basketball

Mizens plays club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks.[2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.
  4. ↑ "Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  6. ↑ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships". Basketball Victoria. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.


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