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Joshua
Allison

Wheelchair basketball

Key Facts

Date of Birth
27 March 1986
Currently resides
Croydon, VIC
Start competing
2012
Australian debut
2014
Impairment
Physical Impairment – Paraplegia

Joshua's Story

Once a promising able-bodied basketballer, Joshua ‘Truck’ Allison competed in the South East Australian Basketball League for two years in his early 20s. However, in 2011 he fell more than two metres through a handrail at his home in Croydon and, paralysed from the chest down, he returned to the court in 2013 to test his skills in wheelchair basketball. From there he experienced a meteoric rise to fame, culminating in his debut for Australia in a friendly tournament in Belgium in 2014 and his selection for the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Incheon, South Korea later that year, where the Rollers won gold. Achieving a …

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Major Partners

  • AIS
  • Aus Gov
  • Toyota
  • Woolworths
  • Royal Australian Mint
  • Bupa

Official Partners

  • Allianz
  • Citi
  • Qantas
  • icare
  • Harvey Norman
  • Cadbury
  • Jumbo
  • NDSP
  • Nine
  • University of Queensland
  • QMS
  • News Corp Australia
  • McDonalds
  • RACV Resorts
  • Westfield