Tom O'Neill-Thorne

Tom O'Neill-Thorne (born 8 April 1997) is a 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was part of the Rollers team that won the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his third Games.

Early life Tom O'Neill-Thorne was born on 8 April 1997, with arthrogryposis multiplex, a congenital condition, which he describes succinctly as: "my legs didn't grow properly". By the time he was two years old, he required a wheelchair,

That year O'Neill-Thorne was selected for his first international tournament, with the U23 team (the Spinners) in Dubai, where the team won gold.

By 2016, O'Neill-Thorne was averaging 25.86 points per game with the Spinning Bullets. The Rollers were defeated by the United States, and won silver. He was one of five Rollers selected for their first Paralympics

In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany where he averaged 14.5 points, four rebounds and three assists per game.

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.

O'Neill-Thorne was awarded the Northern Territory Government Sportsperson of the Year at the 2017 Northern Territory Sports Awards.