29 Facts About Brad Ness

Brad Ness won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing and silver medals at 2004 Athens and 2012 London Paralympics.

Brad Ness was selected as the Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

In December 2023, Ness was appointed the Head Coach of the Rollers - Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.

Brad Ness was born on 24 November 1974, and is from the Western Australian country town of Wagin.

Brad Ness's leg was attached to the quayside when the ferry was moving out, the rope tightened and sliced off his right ankle.

Brad Ness was working on the ferry as a deckhand at the time.

Brad Ness was back to working on boats again within six months of his accident, and received his licensed mariner's licence.

Brad Ness decided to try basketball after seeing a wheelchair basketball game on television.

Brad Ness is classified as a 4.5 player and plays centre.

Brad Ness first started playing wheelchair basketball in 1996 after having seen the game played on television.

Brad Ness first made the national team in 1999 at the Roosevelt Cup in Georgia, USA.

Brad Ness captained the team at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics.

In 2001, Brad Ness competed at the AOZ World Cup, where his team came in first, and he was named as part of the All-Star Five.

Brad Ness was part of Australia's 2003 Kitakyushu Champions Cup championship team, as well as the 2004 Asia Oceania Cup champion team.

Brad Ness was part of the AOZ Paralympic qualifying tournament team that finished first.

Brad Ness was named a member of the AOZ All-Star Five at the tournament.

Brad Ness was on the team that competed in the Rollers World Challenge held in August 2009, where he scored 17 points in the match against Japan.

Brad Ness was part of the team that competed at IBWF AOZ Oceania Championship 2009 and won gold.

Brad Ness was past of the Australian team at the 2010 IWBF World Championships held in Birmingham, England, that won a gold medal, the team that competed at the Wheelchair Tri Series 2011, and the gold medal-winning Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

Brad Ness was a member of the Rollers team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

In 2000, Brad Ness played for the Dandenong Rangers, and helped the team win the National Wheelchair Basketball League Championships.

Brad Ness was part of the 2007 Perth Wheelcats that won the NWBL Championship and the World Club Championship.

Brad Ness played university basketball at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he competed as a scholarship holder.

Brad Ness is involved with helping young disabled children play basketball, and helped set up two teams for them in Cantu and Rome.

In February 2017, Brad Ness was appointed assistant coach for the Rollers.

In December 2023, Brad Ness was appointed the Head Coach of the Rollers - Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team and will coach the team of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Brad Ness won the Western Australian Wheelchair Sports Star-of-the-year award with Justin Eveson in 2003.

Brad Ness was selected as the Australian flag bearer at the Rio Paralympics Opening Ceremony.

In 2022, Brad Ness was awarded Western Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year.