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Born | 28 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
![]() Ozanne in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]