Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison, (born 7 June 1987) is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics. and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Personal Andrew John Harrison was born on 7 June 1987 in Bayswater North, Victoria. His accident is one of the reasons he was part of a campaign called "Don’t Drink and Dive" which encouraged people to be careful when diving. , he has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.

While Harrison was rehabilitating following his accident, he was visited by a member of the national wheelchair rugby team who encouraged him to try the sport.

The first time Harrison was invited to a national team training camp was in 2007. In May 2012, he participated in a test series against Japan in Sydney. He scored four goals in the fourth game which Australia won 47 – 44, and two goals in the fifth game where Australia won 61 – 55. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair rugby. He was part of the team that won the gold medal. The Australian team went through the five-day tournament undefeated.

He was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.

At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.

In 2020, he is the captain of the Power House Wheelchair Rugby Club in Victoria.

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game. COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.

He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."