Luke Pople
Luke Pople (born 6 June 1991) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. [1]
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Born | 6 June 1991 | ||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||
Disability class | 2.0 | ||||||||||
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Biography
Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida.[2] He began using a wheelchair at eight. [2] In 2018, he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.[3]
He started playing wheelchair basketball at thirteen. [2] He plays for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2013, we was a member of the Australian Spinners that won to bronze at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Under 23 World Championships. [1] He was a member of the Rollers that won the gold medal at the 2014 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, Incheon, Japan. In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. [4]
References
- "Luke Pople". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "Luke Pople : their journey". Sunrise Medical website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "Luke Pople". Wollongong Roller Hawks website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Rollers earn bronze at the 2018 World Championships". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.