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]'
1996 Paralympic Games: Roy Humphreys, Alan Ash, Paul Jenkins, Jeffery Davey, Mark Eccleston, Rob Tarr, Darren Ransome, Keith Jones[7]
2000 Paralympic Games: Simon Chambers, Troye Collins, Keith Jones, Graham Kamaly-Asl, Bob O'Shea, Ian Prescott, Darren Ransome, Paul Shaw, Mike Spence, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
^"The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 - On Demand - All 4". channel4.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
From Murderball to medals in 2012? (video) at BBC London
October 20, 2023
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 GRBIWRF Ranking5thIWRF ZoneIWRF EuropeanNational FederationGBWRCoachPaul ShawParalympic GamesAppearances5MedalsGold 2020World ChampionshipsAppearances5Medals IWRF European ChampionshipAppearances11MedalsGold 1995 2003 2005 2007 2015 2017 Silver 1997 2011 Bronze 1999UniformsRed Blue Contents 1 Paralympics 2 Roster 3 Competitive record 3 1 Paralympic Games 3 2 IWRF World championship 4 Past rosters 5 References 6 External linksParalympics EditGreat 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 EditThe squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows 5 Class Name Year Born Team Notes22 2 0 Chris Ryan 1991 07 11 nbsp London WRC Co Captain4 2 0 Gavin Walker 1983 10 13 nbsp Leicester Tigers WRC Co Captain10 2 5 Ayaz Bhuta 1989 04 17 nbsp West Coast Crash2 0 5 Jonathan Coggan 1983 04 25 nbsp London WRC24 1 0 Ryan Cowling 1976 02 05 nbsp West Coast Crash8 1 5 Nicholas Cummins 1985 08 04 nbsp Leicester Tigers WRC7 0 5 Kylie Grimes 1987 12 07 nbsp London WRC13 3 5 Aaron Phipps 1983 04 07 nbsp Team Solent Sharks9 3 0 Jim Roberts 1987 09 03 nbsp London WRC3 3 5 Stuart Robinson 1982 04 15 nbsp West Coast Crash5 2 0 Jack Smith 1991 07 11 nbsp Leicester Tigers WRC12 2 5 Jamie Stead 1993 09 22 nbsp Leicester Tigers WRCCompetitive record EditParalympic Games Edit Paralympic Games resultsYear Position Pld W L nbsp 2000 6th 5 2 3 nbsp 2004 4th 6 4 2 nbsp 2008 4th 5 2 3 nbsp 2012 5th 5 3 2 nbsp 2016 6 5th 4 2 2 nbsp 2020 1st 5 4 1Total 30 17 13 IWRF World championship Edit Year Position Pld W L nbsp 1995 4th 9 3 6 nbsp 1998 7th nbsp 2002 5th 7 5 2 nbsp 2006 4th 7 5 2 nbsp 2010 6th 7 3 4 nbsp 2014 5th 7 5 2Total 37 21 16Past rosters Edit nbsp The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing 1996 Paralympic Games Roy Humphreys Alan Ash Paul Jenkins Jeffery Davey Mark Eccleston Rob Tarr Darren Ransome Keith Jones 7 2000 Paralympic Games Simon Chambers Troye Collins Keith Jones Graham Kamaly Asl Bob O Shea Ian Prescott Darren Ransome Paul Shaw Mike Spence Tony Stackhouse Rob Tarr 2004 Paralympic Games Andy Barrow Jonathan Coggan Troye Collins Justin Frishberg Ross Morrison Bob O Shea Steve Palmer Jason Roberts Paul Shaw Tony Stackhouse Rob Tarr 2008 Paralympic Games Alan Ash Andy Barrow Jonathan Coggan Troye Collins Justin Frishberg Bulbul Hussain Ross Morrison Steven Palmer Josie Pearson Jason Roberts Mandip Sehmi Paul Shaw Coach Mark Edward O Connor 2012 Paralympic Games David Anthony Andy Barrow Steve Brown captain Jonathan Coggan Kylie Grimes Bulbul Hussain Mike Kerr Ross Morrison Myles Pearson Aaron Phipps Mandip Sehmi Coach Tom O Connor 2016 Paralympic Games Alan Ash Coral Batey Ayaz Bhuta Ryan Cowling Jonathan Coggan Bulbul Hussain Mike Kerr Jim Roberts Chris Ryan Mandip Sehmi Jamie Stead Gavin Walker Coach Paul Shaw 2020 Paralympic Games Ayaz Bhuta Jonathan Coggan Ryan Cowling Nicholas Cummins Kylie Grimes Aaron Phipps Jim Roberts Stuart Robinson Chris Ryan Jack Smith Jamie Stead Gavin Walker Coach Paul ShawReferences Edit The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 On Demand All 4 channel4 com Retrieved 27 August 2021 Athlete Search Results GBR Wheelchair Rugby The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee IPC Home iwrf com Qualification Criteria WR permanent dead link International Paralympic Committee 2010 https paralympics org uk articles paralympicsgb names wheelchair rugby squad for tokyo 2020 pa Mixed Open Archived from the original on 23 September 2016 Retrieved 18 September 2016 1996 Paralympic Game Wheelchair rugby Official Website of the Paralympic Movement 1996 Archived from the original on 5 February 2015 Retrieved 6 November 2012 A Laypersons Guide to Wheelchair Rugby Classification International Wheelchair Rugby Federation IWRF External links EditTeam GB at GBWR From Murderball to medals in 2012 video at BBC London Retrieved from https en 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