Jeremy Tyndall

Jeremy Tyndall (born 5 April 1996) is a 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Jeremy Tyndall
Jeremy Tyndall in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996
Sport
PositionGuard
Disability class1.5
ClubKilsyth Cobras

Biography

Tyndall is from Waaia, Victoria.[2] In 2012, at the age of 16, he acquired T10 level paraplegia after crashing at the Junior Motocross Championships.[3] He attended St Mary of the Angels Secondary College in Nathalia.[4]He has undertaken a teaching degree at La Trobe University.[3]

Basketball

He is a 1.5 point player. He became a member of the Australian Spinners junior men's wheelchair basketball team three years after taking up wheelchair basketball. The team won the bronze medal at U23 World Championships in Toronto.[3]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Rollers finished fifth with a win/loss record of 4-4. [5] [6]

References
  1. "Standards And Culture To Drive Revamped Rollers". Paralympics Australia. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "USTRALIA'S U23 JEREMY TYNDALL TO MAKE WORLD'S DEBUT". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "LEAP Spinners claim bronze at U/23 World Champs". La Trobe University. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Athletes turn to AFL SportsReady to achieve career goals". AFL SportsReady. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Standards And Culture To Drive Revamped Rollers". Paralympics Australia. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Rollers end Tokyo campaign fifth". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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