Grant Mizens

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.

Grant Mizens
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Mizens
Personal information
Full nameGrant Karlis Mizens
Nationality Australia
Born19 April 1977
Sydney, New South Wales
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens Men's wheelchair basketball
2008 Beijing Men's wheelchair basketball
2012 London Men's wheelchair basketball
World Championship
2010 Birmingham Team

Basketball

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

Paralympics

He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team[3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[4] and also part of the team that won a gold medal[5] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[4] 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]

References
  1. "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. "Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  4. "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  5. McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  6. "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  7. "2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships". Basketball Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  8. "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  9. "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  10. "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  11. Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.
  12. "Board Members Archives". Sargood Foundation. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. "Our Board | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. "Paralympics Australia Announces New President | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  15. Siljic, Jasmine. "MLC Asset Management expands investment team | Money Management". www.moneymanagement.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2024.


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