Troy Andrews (basketball)
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| Full name | Troy Andrews | |||||||||
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1 December 1961 Broken Hill, New South Wales | |||||||||
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Troy Kenneth Andrews, OAM[1](born 1 December 1961) [2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and shooter, who has represented Australia at five Paralympics from 1984 to 2000. He was born in the New South Wales city of Broken Hill. [2] At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he came fourth in the Men's Air Pistol 2-6 - event.[3] He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2000 Sydney Games.[4] He won a gold medal as part of the winning Australian team in 1996,[4][5] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Andrews, Troy, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Athletes at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Wheelchair Basketballers". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000.
- ↑ "Men's Air Pistol 2-6 - Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ↑ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "Andrews, Troy: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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