Nick Morris (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nicholas Hugh Morris |
Nationality | Australia |
Born | Wangaratta, Australia | 16 August 1971
Medal record |
Nicholas ("Nick") Hugh Morris, OAM[1] (born 16 August 1971)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the Victorian town of Wangaratta.[2] He was a member of the Australian team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1][3] He was also a member of the Australian wheelchair basketball squad at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[3] Morris was injured in a motorcycle accident at age 16 and credits his involvement in sport as the key to his rehabilitation.[4]
Morris received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for his many years service to the Paralympic movement as a Basketball athlete.[5]
In his professional capacity, Morris sat on the Australian Standards Committee for Access provisions (AS1428) and is a director of Morris Goding Accessibility Consulting.[6] In 1999 he established "accessibility.com.au",[7] a website dedicated to providing information about accessible venues, facilities, services, transport and news.[8]
In 2006 Morris co-invented the Vulcan Wheel, ergonomically designed one-piece extruded aluminium wheelchair wheel for use in general travel and sport. The invention was featured on the ABC New Inventors program.[9][10]
Currently Morris is a member of the International Paralympic Committee and consulted for BOCOG.[11]
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Morris is hit during competition at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
References
- ^ a b "Morris, Nicholas Hugh, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Wheelchair Basketballers". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ a b Nick Morris at the International Paralympic Committee , retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ RMIT Alumni Profile, accessed 1 September 2008
- ^ "Morris, Nicholas: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ MGAC Directors, accessed 1 September 2008
- ^ "accessibility.com.au parked with Netfleet.com.au".
- ^ accessibility.com.au - History, accessed 1 September 2008
- ^ "New Inventors: The Vulcan Wheel".
- ^ "New Inventors: The Vulcan Wheel".
- ^ accessibility.com.au - Accessing Beijing, accessed 1 September 2008
External links
Media related to Nick Morris at Wikimedia Commons
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- RMIT University alumni
- Australian men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of Australia
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- People from Wangaratta
- Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)
- 1971 births
- Living people