Grant Mizens Explained

Grant Mizens
Fullname:Grant Karlis Mizens
Birth Date:19 April 1977
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales

Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM[1] (born 19 April 1977)[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics.

Basketball

He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard.[2]

National team

Paralympics

He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team[3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and also part of the team that won a gold medal[4] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[5] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[6]

Other competitions

He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.[7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[2] [8] that won a gold medal.[9]

Club basketball

Mizens played club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks.[2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings.[10]

Personal

He was born in Sydney, New South Wales.[11] Mizens in his final year of high school was involved in a car accident that led to paraplegia from the waist down.[12] Mizen has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[13] In 2020, he was appointed to Paralympics Australia Board and in March 2023 elected vice president.[14] In 2024, he is Portfolio Manager at MLC Asset Management and a member of Sargood Foundation and Sargood Centre Boards.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). ABC News. 27 January 2009. 30 December 2011.
  2. Web site: Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team. Basketball Australia. 11 September 2011. 2010. 25 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025175845/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1214. dead.
  3. Web site: Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men. 9 September 2011. International Paralympic Committee.
  4. Web site: Event guide: Wheelchair basketball. 9 September 2011. 4 September 2008. ABC. Andrew. McGarry.
  5. Web site: Basketball Chronology. Basketball Australia. 2010. 9 September 2011. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025545/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471. dead.
  6. Web site: Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results. London 2012 Paralympic Games. 9 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908235825/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/event/men/match%3Dwbm400101/index.html. 8 September 2012.
  7. Web site: 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships. 6 November 2011. Basketball Victoria. 17 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317235359/http://basketballvictoria.com.au/index.php?id=137. dead.
  8. Web site: Newsletter 2010 July 2010 . July 2010 . 11 September 2011 . Australian Athletes With a Disability . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110408065015/http://www.sports.org.au/newsletter/19-2010/92-july-2010.html . 8 April 2011 .
  9. Web site: 11 September 2011. Rollers Int History. 2010. Basketball Australia. 18 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918012149/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1206. dead.
  10. Web site: 6 November 2011 . FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND . 29 June 2010 . New South Wales Basketball . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110216143631/http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/documents/4NSWTeamRepsNamedinRollersTeamtoPlayEngland.pdf . 16 February 2011 .
  11. Book: Media guide : Athens 2004 . Australian Paralympic Committee . 2004 . Sydney.
  12. Web site: 2022-08-12 . Board Members Archives . 2024-04-05 . Sargood Foundation . en-AU.
  13. Web site: 2015-09-01 . Our Board Paralympics Australia . 2024-04-05 . www.paralympic.org.au . en-AU.
  14. Web site: 2023-09-11 . Paralympics Australia Announces New President Paralympics Australia . 2024-04-05 . www.paralympic.org.au . en-AU.
  15. Web site: Siljic . Jasmine . MLC Asset Management expands investment team Money Management . 2024-04-05 . www.moneymanagement.com.au . en.

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