Nick Morris (basketball)
Australian men's wheelchair basketball team members Troy Sachs (on the floor), Nick Morris and Sandy Blythe at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nicholas Hugh Morris |
Nationality | Australia |
Born |
Wangaratta, Australia | 16 August 1971
Medal record
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Nicholas ("Nick") Hugh Morris, OAM[1] (born 16 August 1971)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the Victorian town of Wangaratta.[2] He was a member of the Australian team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1][3] He was also a member of the Australian wheelchair basketball squad at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[3] Morris was injured in a motorcycle accident at age 16 and credits his involvement in sport as the key to his rehabilitation.[4]
Morris received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for his many years service to the Paralympic movement as a Basketball athlete.[5]
In his professional capacity, Morris sat on the Australian Standards Committee for Access provisions (AS1428) and is a director of Morris Goding Accessibility Consulting.[6] In 1999 he established accessibility.com.au, a web site dedicated to providing information about accessible venues, facilities, services, transport and news.[7]
In 2006 Morris co-invented the Vulcan Wheel, ergonomically designed one-piece extruded aluminium wheelchair wheel for use in general travel and sport. The invention was featured on the ABC New Inventors program.[8][9]
Currently Morris is a member of the International Paralympic Committee and consults for BOCOG.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Morris, Nicholas Hugh, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Wheelchair Basketballers". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicholas Morris's profile on paralympic.org, retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ RMIT Alumni Profile, accessed 1 September 2008
- ↑ "Morris, Nicholas: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ↑ MGAC Directors, accessed 1 September 2008
- ↑ accessibility.com.au - History, accessed 1 September 2008
- ↑ New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel, accessed 1 September 2008
- ↑ New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel (Winner), accessed 1 September 2008
- ↑ accessibility.com.au - Accessing Beijing, accessed 1 September 2008