Luke Pople
 Pople at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 6 June 1991 Wollongong, NSW, Australia |
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| Position | Point guard |
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Medal record | |
Luke Pople (born 6 June 1991) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.[1] He was a member of the Rollers team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his first Games.[2]
Early life
[edit]Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida.[3] He began using a wheelchair at eight.[3] As of 2018[update], he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.[4]
Career
[edit]Pople started playing wheelchair basketball at age thirteen.[3] He plays for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2013, we was a member of the Australian Spinners that won to bronze at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Under 23 World Championships.[1] He was a member of the Rollers that won the gold medal at the 2014 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Incheon, Japan. In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.[5] At the
Pople was a member of the Australian Team that won the gold medal in the 3x3 men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 4-4.[6]
He was a member of the Rollers that defeated Italy 81 - 57 to win the gold medal at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Ottawa, Canada.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Luke Pople". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ↑ "Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Luke Pople : their journey". Sunrise Medical website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ↑ "Luke Pople". Wollongong Roller Hawks website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rollers earn bronze at the 2018 World Championships". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ↑ "Point Proven, But Rollers Lament Lost Opportunity | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ↑ "Rollers crowned World Champions, dominates Italy to claim Gold". www.australia.basketball. 19 September 2026. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- Luke Pople at FIBA 3x3
- Luke Pople at Basketball Australia (archived former page)
- Luke Pople at the International Paralympic Committee
- Luke Pople at Paralympics Australia
- Luke Pople at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Luke Pople at InterSportStats
- Luke Pople at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Luke Pople at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian men's wheelchair basketball players
- Point guards
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Commonwealth Games basketball players for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Basketball players at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- People with spina bifida