Shaun Norris

Shaun Daryl Norris, OAM (born 2 April 1985) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his sixth Games.

Early life Norris is from the Perth suburb of Banksia Grove, Western Australia, and was born on 2 April 1985. He became a paraplegic after a car accident.

National team When competing for the national team, Norris wears number 7.

Paralympics

Norris was part of the silver medal-winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

Norris was chosen to be a part of the team sent to represent Australia at the 2016 Paralympics where they finished sixth.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Rollers finished fifth with a win–loss record of 4–4. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3.

Other competitions In 2003, he competed at the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan, where his team took first place. He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship that won a gold medal. He and fellow Australian teammate Justin Eveson 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. In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.

Club basketball Norris plays his club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats. In 2010, he was playing club basketball with CD Fundosa Grupo. , he plays his club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats. His Perth Wheelcats lost to the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the 2011 NWBL Championship. He scored 23 points in the semi-final, and 28 points in the preliminary finals. In the finals, he had 15 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds.

Recognition In 2010, he was named one of The West Australian ANZ Sports Star Nominees in the wheelchair basketball category. In 2014, he was awarded Wheelchair Sports WA Sports Star of the Year and Be Active Perth Wheelcats MVP. Norris was named International Paralympic Committee Athlete for the Month - November 2019.