George Hucks
 2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Hucks | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 18 January 1968 Port Augusta, South Australia |
Medal record | |
George Hucks (born 18 January 1968)[1] is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. Born in the South Australian town of Port Augusta, he took up wheelchair rugby in 1994 and began playing for the Australian Steelers in 1995.[2] During a practice in Atlanta before the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Hucks, the team's best player, broke his kneecap.[3] He was part of the national team at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 games with the team.[4] He works as a funds officer.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete's Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ a b "George Hucks". Australian Athletes with a Disability. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ Reed, Ron (1996). "All Blacks Dominate Bledisloe Clash of Crash". Golden Days of Atlanta: Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, August 15–25, 1996. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation: 70. OCLC 222120061.
- ^ "George Hucks". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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