Top wheelchair basketball players use specially designed titanium chairs that cost.

Paralympics 2012 wheelchair basketball. Official website of the paralympic. Gb wheelchair basketball men in semis after battle. The women's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 summer paralympics was held from 30 august to 7 september.

To keep their crown in 2012: As with wheelchair rugby, originally. From the section disability sport great britain missed out on a third consecutive men's wheelchair basketball paralympic.

The ipc organizes the summer and winter paralympic game. The international paralympic committee (ipc) is the global governing body of the paralympic movement. Have battled for medals since.

At the same time, sir ludwig guttmann developed a similar sport, wheelchair. Competitions were held at the newly built basketball arena,. A wheelchair basketball match between gb and germany proved the most popular sporting action on the first day of channel 4's paralympics coverage, attracting a peak.

Official website of the paralympic movement. Simon munn of great britain is fouled by paul schulte of usa during the wheelchair basketball match between great britain and usa on day ten of the beijing 2008 paralympic. They won gold in 2000 and 2008.

Last updated on 8 september 2012 8 september 2012. To rousing cheers great britain took the game to japan straightaway, their opening basket after 40 seconds greeted with a rapturous roar. Wheelchair basketball is one of the biggest draws at the paralympic games.