George Hucks
 2000 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Hucks | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality |
 Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
18 January 1968 Port Augusta, South Australia | ||||||||||||
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Action shot of Hucks (right) with the ball during a match at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
Hucks (left) chases the ball during a match at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
George Hucks (born 18 January 1968)[1] is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. Born in the South Australian town of Port Augusta, he took up wheelchair rugby in 1994 and began playing for the Australian Steelers in 1995.[2] During a practice in Atlanta before the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Hucks, the team's best player, broke his kneecap.[3] He was part of the national team at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 games with the team.[4] He works as a funds officer.[2]
References
- ↑ "Athlete's Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "George Hucks". Australian Athletes with a Disability. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ Reed, Ron (1996). "All Blacks Dominate Bledisloe Clash of Crash". Golden days of Atlanta : Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, August 15–25, 1996 (Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation): 70. OCLC 222120061.
- ↑ George Hucks's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 August 2012.