Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM[1] (born 19 April 1977)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics.
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| Full name | Grant Karlis Mizens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1977 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Basketball
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He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard.[2]
National team
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He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team[3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[4] and also part of the team that won a gold medal[5] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[6]
Other competitions
editHe was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.[7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[2][8] that won a gold medal.[9]
Club basketball
editMizens played club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks.[2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings.[10]
Personal
editHe was born in Sydney, New South Wales.[11] Mizens in his final year of high school was involved in a car accident that led to paraplegia from the waist down.[12] Mizen has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[13] In 2020, he was appointed to Paralympics Australia Board and in March 2023 elected vice president.[14] In 2024, he is Portfolio Manager at MLC Asset Management and a member of Sargood Foundation and Sargood Centre Boards.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships". Basketball Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Board Members Archives". Sargood Foundation. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Our Board | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Announces New President | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Siljic, Jasmine. "MLC Asset Management expands investment team | Money Management". www.moneymanagement.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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