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Tige Simmons
Australian wheelchair basketball player

Tige Simmons

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Australian wheelchair basketball player
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Medal of the Order of Australia
 
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Tige Arthur Simmons, OAM (born 5 May 1977) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games.

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Simmons at the 2012 London Paralympics

Tige Simmons became a paraplegic due to a motorbike accident. He was part of the gold medal winning Australian men's national wheelchair basketball teamat the 2008 Summer Paralympics, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

He was a member of the Australian Men's National Wheelchair Basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championshipthat won a gold medal.

He plays as a guard and is classified as a 1.0 player.

In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Brisbane Spinning Bullets.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver. In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro where his team, The Rollers, finished sixth.

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