Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as The Sweet Chariots.[1]'

Great Britain GRB
IWRF Ranking5th
IWRF ZoneIWRF European
National FederationGBWR
Coach Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances5
Medals Gold 2020
World Championships
Appearances5
Medals–
IWRF European Championship
Appearances11
Medals Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017
Silver: 1997, 2011
Bronze: 1999
Uniforms
Red
Blue


Paralympics

Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000.[2] Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List[3][4]

Roster

The squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows:[5]

# Class Name Year Born Team Notes
222.0Chris Ryan1991-07-11 London WRCCo-Captain
42.0Gavin Walker1983-10-13 Leicester Tigers WRCCo-Captain
102.5Ayaz Bhuta1989-04-17 West Coast Crash
20.5Jonathan Coggan1983-04-25 London WRC
241.0Ryan Cowling1976-02-05 West Coast Crash
81.5Nicholas Cummins1985-08-04 Leicester Tigers WRC
70.5Kylie Grimes1987-12-07 London WRC
133.5Aaron Phipps1983-04-07 Team Solent Sharks
93.0Jim Roberts1987-09-03 London WRC
33.5Stuart Robinson1982-04-15 West Coast Crash
52.0Jack Smith1991-07-11 Leicester Tigers WRC
122.5Jamie Stead1993-09-22 Leicester Tigers WRC

Competitive record

Past rosters
The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.


References
  1. "The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 - On Demand - All 4". channel4.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  3. http://www.iwrf.com/
  4. Qualification Criteria – WR, International Paralympic Committee, 2010
  5. https://paralympics.org.uk/articles/paralympicsgb-names-wheelchair-rugby-squad-for-tokyo-2020-pa
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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