Michael Hartnett

Michael Mathew Hartnett, OAM (born 3 June 1982) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 and 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

Personal Hartnett was born on 3 June 1982, and is from the Perth suburb of Gosnells. He became a paraplegic after a car accident.

National team Hartnett made Australia's national team for the first time in 1997 when he played for the junior team at the Junior Games held in Victoria, Australia. for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

Other competitions Hartnett was part of the 2006 national squad that won silver at the FESPIC Games. and 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships that won gold medals.

Club basketball Hartnett plays club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats of the Australian National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL). In 2006 and 2007, he was part of the teams that won the NWBL Championship. In 2011, he played his club basketball for the Wheelcats. His Perth Wheelcats lost to the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the 2011 NWBL Championship.