Brad Dubberley
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Brad Dubberley (born 28 June 1981) [1] is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and coach. He won a silver medal as an athlete at the 2000 Sydney Games[1] and as the Head Coach at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event.[2] He is the Head Coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Australian Steelers.[3]
Playing career
Dubberley was born in the New South Wales town of Kurri Kurri on 28 June 1981.[4] He became a quadriplegic at the age of 12 when he fell down a 50 m cliff while playing with friends in the bush in Victoria.[1] In 1995, at the age of 14, he took up wheelchair rugby as part of the rehabilitation process.[1] His classification level was 3.5.[1] He first represented Australia in 1996 in a test series with New Zealand.[1] At 1998 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, he was member of the team that came 5th.[1] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he was a member of the team that won the silver medal.[1] At the 2002 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, he was a member of the team that won the bronze medal.[1] At the 2004 Athens Games, he was a member of the team that came 5th.[1] His last major competition as an athlete was at the 2006 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, where the team came 6th.[1] During his career as an athlete, he competed in over 70 international competitions.[1]
Coaching career
In 1998 he was the Australian Junior Paralympian of the Year.[1] In 2009, he was awarded the Primary Club of Australia's Sir Roden Cutler Award for his services to wheelchair rugby.[5] Dubberley is a frequent visitor to spinal units offering advice and support. His message is Don't let the chair, stop you from doing anything.[6]
Dubberley retired from competition in 2006 and in November of that year was appointed as Head Coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team.[1] He coached the team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games[7] and the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.[8] He is preparing the team for the 2012 London Games. He coached the Australian national wheelchair rugby team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which went through the five-day tournament undefeated and won the gold medal.[9] He is the Head Coach at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[10]
He currently lives in Point Cook, Victoria.[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Brad Dubberley - Wheelchair Rugby" (PDF). Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association Website. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ↑ "Steelers commence gold medal campaign". Australian Paralympic Committee Website. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games Sydney. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- ↑ "The Sir Roden Cutler Award". Primary Club of Australia Website. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Murderball". Sixty Minutes. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ Media Guide - Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
- ↑ "USA wins World Wheelchair Rugby Championships". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation Website. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Batt stars as Australia win gold". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ↑ "Steelers aim to maintain their reign in Rio". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ Australian Paralympic Committee Media Guide - London 2012 Paralympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. p. 103.