Samuel White (basketball)
 White at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Sport | |
| Position | Guard |
| Disability class | 1.0 |
| Club | Darwin Salties |
Medal record | |
Samuel "Sammy" White is a 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Toyko Paralympics and at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]White was born on 19 June 1987.[3] In 2010, a motorcycle accident left him without the use of his legs. White moved from Adelaide to Wisconsin with his family to join the University of Washington wheelchair basketball team while studying information technology systems. At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater he completed Bachelor of Business Administration and Information Technology and MSE-PD Athletic Administration and Higher Education Leadership.
Basketball
[edit]He is a 1.0 point player.[3] Whilst in the United States, his team won the college championship in back-to-back years from 2014 to 2015.[3] He was a member of Australian Rollers squad in the lead up to 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3]
He was a member of the Rollers at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany, where they won the bronze medal.[3]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Rollers finished fifth with a win/loss record of 4-4.[2][4] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, the Rollers finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3.[5]
In 2023, he was awarded 2023 Queensland Basketball Wheelchair Athlete of the Year.[6]
Referencessamuel
[edit]- ^ "Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Standards And Culture To Drive Revamped Rollers". Paralympics Australia. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Sam White". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Rollers end Tokyo campaign fifth". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Point Proven, But Rollers Lament Lost Opportunity | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Sam White - Wheelchair Player of the Year 2023 Winner | Basketball Queensland". www.queensland.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
