Grant Boxall

Grant Boxall (born 19 July 1976) is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player.

Personal Boxall was born on 19 July 1976. He was injured in a surfing accident near the Western Australian town of Yallingup in 2000. While surfing that day, he hit "his head on a rock hard enough for his neck to break, the vertebrae slicing into his spinal cord, leaving him a quadriplegic." after he left the hospital, Boxall began playing wheelchair rugby. When not competing in sport, he is a sport development officer. He paid for the car and refitted the controls so he could control it using his hands. In 2002, he was classified as a 3.5 player. In 2004, he was a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship recipient. In 2008, he was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship recipient.

State team Boxall was a member of the Western Australia state wheelchair rugby team, the Black Ducks, in 2005. He started playing for the team in 2000. He was on the Australian team that competed in the 2001 Oceania Zonal Championships that finished first. In 2008, he was part of the Australian team that finished first at the Rugby Super Series.

Club rugby In 2001, he played club rugby in New Zealand. In 2007, he played club rugby for the first time in the United States. In 2008, he played for the NWRL's West Coast Enforcers, where he was the team's captain.

Recognition Boxall has been recognised for his wheelchair rugby performance. In 2001, he was named the Rookie of the year by the National Wheelchair Rugby League. In 2002, he was named the New Zealand Rookie of the Year. In 2005 and 2006, he was recognised as the best in his classification by the National Wheelchair Rugby League. In 2005, he was named the Best in Classification in the New Zealand league.