Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

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.

Great Britain GRB
IWRF Ranking5th
IWRF ZoneIWRF European
National FederationGBWR
Coach Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances4
Medals–
World Championships
Appearances5
Medals–
IWRF European Championship
Appearances11
Medals Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017
Silver: 1997, 2011
Bronze: 1999
Uniforms
Red
Blue

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

Competitive record

Past Rosters
The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

1996 Paralympic Games:

2000 Paralympic Games:

2004 Paralympic Games:

2008 Paralympic Games:

2012 Paralympic Games:

2016 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 18 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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