Gerry Hewson has coached wheelchair basketball on the national and international level in Australia.
11 Facts About Gerry Hewson
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Gerry Hewson was born on 5 June 1958 in the New South Wales town of Young.
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Gerry Hewson was a member of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team, competing at four Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2000.
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Gerry Hewson won a gold medal as a member of the team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.
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Gerry Hewson competed in the National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2001.
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Gerry Hewson was the head coach for the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League Sydney Uni Wheelkings in 2011.
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Gerry Hewson was coach of the NWBL's West Sydney Razorbacks from 2004 to 2006.
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In 2006, Hewson was the head coach when the team competed at the Joseph F Lyttle World Basketball Challenge and the 2006 Gold Cup.
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In 2002, Gerry Hewson was named assistant coach of the Australian women's national wheelchair team, known as the Gliders.
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Gerry Hewson coached the team when they won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and to the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
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Melanie Domaschenz considers Gerry Hewson to be one of the most important figures in her sporting career in terms of helping her to accomplish her sport related goals.