Tristan Knowles

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Tristan Malcolm Knowles, OAM[1] (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player.

Personal

Knowles was born on 25 April 1983 in Wodonga, Victoria.[2] He became an above the knee amputee as a result of cancer.[2] He went to the University of Wollongong where he earned a degree in commerce.[2] When not playing basketball, he is a paraplanner working for the Commonwealth Bank.

Basketball

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Tristan Knowles swaps a wheel mid-match during the 2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

Knowles's first played wheelchair basketball in 1999.[2]

State team

Knowles's played for the New South Wales U21 state team in the national competition. The state U21 team won the national championships four years in a row with Knowles as the captain.[2]

National team

Knowles 's first appearance on the national team was in 2001.[2]

Paralympics

Knowles was part of the silver medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[3][4] He was also part of the gold medal winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[5][3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1]

In October 2011, Knowles was named as part of the senior national squad that would compete at the Paralympic qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[7]

World Championships

Knowles was part of the 2006 national squad that finished third at the World Championships.[2] In 2009, he was part of the national side that competed at the Rollers World Challenge. In the match against Japan, he scored 15 points.[8] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team win the gold medal at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship [9][10] [11] and 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.[12]

Club basketball

Knowles has played professional wheelchair basketball in Australia, Spain and Italy.[2] As of 2011 has played with the Wollongong Roller Hawks for 11 years.[13] When playing for the Roller Hawks, he wears the number 9.[13] In 2003, the Wollongong Roller Hawks, competed in the NWBL Championship and won.[2][14] In the first game of the 2011 season against the Perth Wheelcats, he scored 44 points.[15] His team went on to beat the Perth Wheelcats in the 2011 NWBL Championship. In the finals game, he scored 48 points.[16]

In 2010, Knowles was playing club basketball with Valladolid in Spain. [17] He was the team's season MVP in 2011.[18]

Recognition

In 2002, Knowles was named the New South Wales Wheelchair Basketballer of the Year.[14] In 2004, Knowles and Brendan Dowler received the Illawarra Mercury Sports Star of the Year Award.[14]

References

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External links

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