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Full name | Grant Karlis Mizens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 19 April 1977 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM [1] (born 19 April 1977) [2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics.
He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard. [2]
He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team [3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, [4] and also part of the team that won a gold medal [5] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, [4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver. [6]
He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships. [7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship [2] [8] that won a gold medal. [9]
Mizens played club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks. [2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings. [10]
He was born in Sydney, New South Wales. [11] Mizens in his final year of high school was involved in a car accident that led to paraplegia from the waist down. [12] Mizen has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. [13] In 2020, he was appointed to Paralympics Australia Board and in March 2023 elected Vice President. [14] In 2024, he is Portfolio Manager at MLC Asset Management and a member of Sargood Foundation and Sargood Centre Boards. [15]
![]() 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Mizens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Grant Karlis Mizens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 April 1977 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM [1] (born 19 April 1977) [2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics.
He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard. [2]
He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team [3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, [4] and also part of the team that won a gold medal [5] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, [4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver. [6]
He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships. [7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship [2] [8] that won a gold medal. [9]
Mizens played club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks. [2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings. [10]
He was born in Sydney, New South Wales. [11] Mizens in his final year of high school was involved in a car accident that led to paraplegia from the waist down. [12] Mizen has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. [13] In 2020, he was appointed to Paralympics Australia Board and in March 2023 elected Vice President. [14] In 2024, he is Portfolio Manager at MLC Asset Management and a member of Sargood Foundation and Sargood Centre Boards. [15]