Joshua Allison
 Portrait of Josh Allison taken at team processing session for shadow members of 2016 Australian Paralympic team | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Joshua Malcolm Allison | ||||||||
| Nickname | Truck | ||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1986 | ||||||||
| Height | 6.5 | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Club | Kilsyth Cobras | ||||||||
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Joshua Allison (born 27 March 1986) is a
2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. In 2016, he represented Australia the 2016 Summer Paralympics
in Rio de Janeiro.
Biography
Joshua Allison was born on 27 March 1986. He has a Certificate III in bricklaying from the
paraplegic.[3] The news came as a profound shock to his fellow players, who played a fund-raiser game for him on 5 February 2012.[4]
During his rehabilitation, Allison took up
2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.[1] In June 2016, he toured Great Britain for the 2016 Continental Clash against Canada, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.[9] The Rollers were defeated by the United States, and won silver.[1] In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[10]
He was one of five Rollers selected for their first Paralympics[10] where they finished sixth.[11]
References
- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Player statistics for Joshua Allison". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Support comes for Croydon paraplegic Josh Allison as he makes Victorian wheelchair basketball team". Herald Sun. 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Big V Teams Unite To Help A Mate". Big V. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Joshua Allison". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Josh Allison fundraiser". Kilsyth Basketball. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Award Winners – National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL)". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian Rollers ready for Tour of Europe". Basketball Australia. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian Rollers Name Team for 2016 Continental Clash". Basketball Australia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2016. Archived from the originalon 29 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Hosts shock Rollers to end Rio campaign". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
