Jontee Brown
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| Born | 24 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jontee Brown (born 24 December 1997) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.[1]
Early life
[edit]Jontee Brown was born in Canberra on 24 December 1997 and rased in Bendigo.[2] After falling into a sinkhole in 2015, he was diagnosed with reactive arthritis in his left knee as well as ankylosing spondylitis in his lower spine.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Brown started playing wheelchair basketball in May 2016.[2][3] In 2016, he began playing with the Bendigo Braves on the local level and the Kilsyth Cobras of the NWBL the following year.[2] He also played for the German team Köln 99ers and the French team CS Meaux.[2][4] In 2025, he was signed by the Wollongong Roller Hawks of the NWBL and later Beşiktaş of the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League.[5][6]
At the 2025 Asia-Oceania Championships, Brown was a member of the Rollers that won the championship after defeating Japan 62–57.[7][8] In September 2026, he was part of the national squad that won the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.[9][10]
Brown is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jontee Brown". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Interview with Jontee Brown: "I really want to improve my game and become a more consistent and dominant scorer"". Rollt.Magazin. 11 September 2019.
- 1 2 "Bendigo 2018 Young Citizen of the Year". La Trobe University. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Jontee Brown earns overseas basketball contract". Bendigo Advertiser. 9 April 2018.
- ↑ "Jontee Brown Signs with Wollongong". Wollongong Roller Hawks. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "'He'll make a huge difference': star set for comeback after Turkey stint". Illawarra Mercury. 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Jontee Brown heading to Europe with Australian Rollers". Basketball ACT. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Rollers Strike Gold At Asia-Oceania Championships". Basketball Australia. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Rollers announce World Championship team". Basketball Australia. 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "Rollers crowned World Champions, dominates Italy to claim Gold". Basketball Australia. 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Jontee Brown". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2026.