Michael Ozanne
 Ozanne in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Australian national wheelchair rugby team (2013–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael "Mick" Ozanne (born 28 April 1987) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He represented the Steelers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Ozanne was born on 28 April 1987[2] and lives in Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland.[3] Ozanne injured his spinal cord at the level of his C6 vertebra diving into a shallow canal as a 19-year-old.[3] He took up wheelchair rugby after a demonstration of its brutality shortly after his accident.[3] He made his debut for the Australian Steelers in 2013. He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark.[4][5]
At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.[6]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[7]
Ozanne won his second world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Steelers Eyeing Paralympic History… Again". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Mick Ozanne". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Grams, Jacob (23 April 2013). "Ozanne's tough ride to Brazil". Caboolture Herald.
- ^ "Jayden aims for world champion". Waragul and Droun Gazette. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Results". IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships website. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Australia names wheelchair rugby team of 12 for Tokyo 2020". Inside The Games. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Australian Steelers Are World Wheelchair Rugby Champions". Paralympics Australia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.