User:Aussiesportlibrarian/sandbox
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby / Wheelchair basketball |
| Disability class | 3.5 (rugby) |
| Club | Queensland Cyclones (rugby) |
Brayden Foxley-Connolly is a wheelchair basketball and rugby player. He has been selected to compete in wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Personal
Foxley-Connolly is from Mackay, Queensland. In 2006, at 22 months of age, he contracted meningococcal meningitis.This led him losing his right hand, left thumb, one or two joints from each left finger, his left leg at the knee and three toes from the right foot. [1][2]It al;so left him with an acquired brain injury. [3]
Wheelchair basketball
At the age of ten, he was selected to compete in the discus for the Queensland school side. In 2016, he started for Mackay’s wheelchair basketball club. He has subsequently represented Queensland in national competitions. He represented Australia at the IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Thailand.[4]
Variety Australia, the Children's Charity, provided him a $5000 sport scholarship each year for five years.[5]
Wheelchair rugby
He is a 3.5 player. He is a member of the Suncorp Queensland Cyclones that play in the National Wheelchair Rugby Championships[6]
References
- ^ "Mackay's Brayden Foxley-Conolly rises from bullying to sporting success". Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland). 24 March 2022.
- ^ Layt, Stuart (19 October 2022). "Bubbly to brain-dead in six hours: warning as meningococcal cases rise". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Brayden rolls on towards Paralympics hoop dream". Feroscare. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Steelers' Door Open – If You're Good Enough". www.paralympic.org.au. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Suncorp QLD Cyclones". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
