Simon Munn
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 31 January 1968 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
| Event | Men's team |
| Club | Capital City Aces |
| Team | Bulldogs |
Medal record | |
Simon Munn (born 31 January 1968[1]) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He is originally from Aylesbury.
He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident.[citation needed]
As a wheelchair basketball player, Munn has played for clubs including Super League Club MK Aces, Tameside Owls and London Club Capital City. He is classified as a 4 point player. He received the British Wheelchair Sport Awards in 2007.[2]
Munn was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver medal in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.[3] He planned to retire as a basketball player after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London,[4] but eventually competed in his seventh Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Athletes: Simon Munn". Channel 4.
- ^ "Munn selected for fifth Paralympics". Paralympics.org.uk. ParalympicsGB. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Simon Munn". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Simon Munn". Team-2012.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Paralympics: 'It's not about how full the stadiums are'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Simon Munn at Team-2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-10-22)
- Simon Munn at the International Paralympic Committee
- 1968 births
- Living people
- British men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics