Jason Lees

Jason Lees

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Lees
Personal information
Born	(1977-03-01) 1 March 1977
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Disability class	1.0
Medal record Competitor for Australia Wheelchair rugby Paralympic Games Gold 2012 London Mixed World Championships Silver 2010 Vancouver Mixed Gold 2014 Odense Mixed

Jason Lees, OAM is a wheelchair rugby player from Victoria and was a member of the Australian Steelers that won the gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics.

Lees life changed in June 2000. Lees was a mechanic at a motocross circuit in Laverton, Victoria when his bike ran off the track and the resultant accident led to him breaking his neck.^[1] He is paralysed from the chest down but has recovered some mobility, improving to a point where he can stand a bit and use my arms a bit. ^[1] In 2002, Lees started playing wheelchair rugby on the social, non-competitive level. In 2009, he made his debut for the Queensland state team and the Australian Steelers. He competed in the 2010 World Rugby Wheelchair Championships, where his team captured a silver medal.^[2] Lees was a members of the Steelers that won the gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark. .^[3]

Lees was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."^[4]

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