From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Justin Eveson
Justin Eveson
Justin Eveson tion Junior Sports Star program as a swimmer.[4] He com-
Personal information peted the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where he won a
4x100m medley relay silver and 4x100m freestyle relay
Full name Justin Cain Eveson
bronze medal.[2][3]
Nationality Australia
Born June 10, 1980 (1980-06-10) Basketball
Medal record Eveson’s player classification is 4.5 and he plays power
Swimming forward.[2] Evson first started playing wheelchair basket-
ball in 1995.[3] His ability to play has been supported by
Paralympic Games
the Western Australian Institute of Sport Individual Ath-
Silver 2000 Sydney 4x100m medley relay lete Support Program.[6][7] In 2009, the basketball teams
that Eveson played for won every tournament he was
Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x100m freestyle relay
part of at a club and national team level.[4]
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
National team
In 2002, Eveson made his first appearance on the Aus-
Silver 2004 Athens Men’s wheelchair
tralia men’s national wheelchair basketball team.[3][5]
basketball
Gold 2008 Beijing Men’s wheelchair Paralympics
basketball I feel that to win Paralympic gold is one of the great mea-
World Championship sures of success and considering the amount of effort put
in, it feels incredible to have been part of that achieve-
Gold 2010 Team
ment.
Birmingham
Justin Eveson[3]
Eveson was part of the silver medal winning Australia
Justin Cain Eveson, OAM [1](born 10 June 1980) is a swim- men’s national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004
mer and wheelchair basketball player from Australia who Summer Paralympics,[8][9] and the gold medal winning
won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and Australia men’s national wheelchair basketball team at
the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[9][10] where he was the
team’s leading scorer.[2]
Personal Other competitions
Eveson was born on 10 June 1980,[2] and is from Victoria In 2006, Eveson was part of the squad that won a bronze
Park, Western Australia.[3] In 1993, at the age of 12, his medal at the World Championships.[2] In 2008, he was
right leg was amputated below the knee after a lawn aer- part of the team that took silver at the Beijing Paralympic
ating machine accident.[4][5] Prior to his accident, he had test event.[2] That year, he was the captain of the gold
played basketball.[5] In 2010, he was the patron for the winning Australian side at the Paralympic World Cup
Australian University Games.[4] He works as a fitness in- held in Manchester, England.[2] In 2009, he was part of
structor,[3] and his personal hero is his father.[3] He al- the Australian gold winning IWBF Asia-Oceania Champi-
so serves as the Membership and Participation Officer for onship side and the 2009 Rollers World Challenge team
Wheelchair Sports Western Australia.[5] Outside of com- that won gold.[2] At the tournament, he scored 25 points,
petitive basketball and swimming, he plays golf.[5] had 5 assists and 13 rebounds.[6] He was a member of
the Australia men’s national wheelchair basketball team
Swimming that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World
Championship [11][12] that won a gold medal.[13] He and
Eveson first started competing in disabled sport in 1995,
fellow Australian team mate Shaun Norris were recog-
doing swimming and wheelchair basketball. Around that
nised for their performance at the tournament by being
time, he decided to focus on swimming.[3] From 1996 to
1999, he was part of the Wheelchair Sports WA Associa-
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made his club basketball debut with the National Wheel- news_detail.php?ID=647. Retrieved 6 November
chair Basketball League (NWBL)’s Perth Wheelcats.[5] He 2011.
has won three European Champions League Cups in a [7] "Individual Athlete Support Program". Western
row.[5] In 2007, he was playing club basketball in Aus- Australia Institute of Sport.
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and was named as part of the All-Star Five for the tourna- results.html?competition=2004PG&gender=m&sport=basketball&d
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Persondata Date of birth 10 June 1980
Name Eveson, Justin Cain Place of birth
Alternative Date of death
names Place of
Short de- Paralympic wheelchair basketball play- death
scription er of Australia
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