Jason Lees
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Born | 1 March 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
References
- 1 2 Paxinos, Stathi (11 Aug 2012). "Set for some hell on wheels". The Age. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ Australian Athletes with a Disability. "Jason Lees (VIC)".
- ↑ "Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.