Justin Eveson

Justin Cain Eveson, OAM (born 10 June 1980) is an Australian swimmer and wheelchair basketball player who has won Paralympic medals in both sports.

Personal Eveson was born on 10 June 1980, and is from the Perth suburb of Victoria Park. In 1993, when he was 12 years old, his right leg was amputated below the knee after a lawn aerating machine accident. Prior to his accident, he had played basketball.

Basketball Eveson's player classification is 4.5 and he plays power forward. In 2009, the basketball teams that Eveson played for won every tournament he was part of at a club and national team level.

National team In 2002, Eveson made his first appearance on the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. and the gold medal-winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

Other competitions

In 2006, Eveson was part of the squad that won a bronze medal at the World Championships. that won a gold medal. He and fellow Australian teammate Shaun Norris were recognised for their performance at the tournament by being named as one of the World All-Star Five for the tournament. He was a member of the Rollers team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Club basketball Eveson has played professional wheelchair basketball in Australia, Italy, Spain and Turkey.

Recognition Eveson won the Western Australian Wheelchair Sports Star-of-the-year award with Brad Ness in 2003. In 2008, he received the Sandy Blythe Medal given for the International Wheelchair Player of the Year.