Luke Pople
 Pople at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 6 June 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Position | Point guard |
| Disability class | 2.5 |
Luke Pople (born 6 June 1991) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.[1] He was a member of the Rollers team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his first Games.[2]
Early life
[edit]Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida.[3] He began using a wheelchair at eight.[3] As of 2018[update], he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.[4]
Career
[edit]Pople started playing wheelchair basketball at age thirteen.[3] 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 in 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.[5] At the
Pople was a member of the Australian Team that won the gold medal in the 3x3 men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Luke Pople". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Point Proven, But Rollers Lament Lost Opportunity | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People with spina bifida
- Point guards
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Basketball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics