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Birth name
  
Ian Sagar

Country
  
Great Britain

Nationality
  
English

Role
  
Basketball Player

Nickname(s)
  
Ian

Name
  
Ian Sagar

Full name
  
Ian Sagar

Sport
  
Wheelchair basketball


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Born
  
29 March 1982 (age 42) (
1982-03-29
)

Profiles


Residence
  
Barnsley, United Kingdom

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Ian Sagar (born 29 March 1982) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He was selected to play for Team GB in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He has a broken spinal cord.

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Personal life

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Sagar was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. He currently lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. In 1999, he had a motorcycle accident, breaking his spinal cord. He is going to be in a wheelchair (disabled) for his entire life, as he will not recover from breaking his spinal cord.

Wheelchair basketball

Sagar began playing wheelchair basketball in 2006, when he was 24 years old. He was introduced to wheelchair basketball after he worked as a salesman for RGK, a manufacturer of sports wheelchairs. He first played for the Sheffield Steelers wheelchair basketball team at the age of 23, and played for three years. Sagar now plays for the Tameside Owls. Sagar also plays for a Spanish wheelchair basketball team in Toledo. He made his Great Britain debut in 2008.

Sagar played his first championship at the European Championships in Adana, Turkey in 2009. Along with his team, he finished in the bronze medal position; third place. In 2010 he played at the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Birmingham. He finished in fifth place, out of the medals. In 2011 he had his first success, at the 2011 European Championships in Nazareth, northern Israel. He finished in first place; winning gold, along with his team. He was picked for the Great British Team (Team GB) in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, held on home ground in London.

References

Ian Sagar Wikipedia


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