Luke Pople

Luke Pople (born 6 June 1991) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. [1]

Luke Pople
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1991-06-06) 6 June 1991
Sport
PositionPoint guard
Disability class2.0
Medal record
World Championship
2014 IncheonTeam
2018 HamburgTeam

Biography

Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida.[2] He began using a wheelchair at eight. [2] In 2018, he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.[3]

He started playing wheelchair basketball at thirteen. [2] He plays for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2013, we was a member of the Australian Spinners that won to bronze at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Under 23 World Championships. [1] He was a member of the Rollers that won the gold medal at the 2014 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, Incheon, Japan. In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. [4]

References
  1. "Luke Pople". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. "Luke Pople : their journey". Sunrise Medical website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. "Luke Pople". Wollongong Roller Hawks website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. "Rollers earn bronze at the 2018 World Championships". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.


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