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Ryan
Scott

Wheelchair rugby

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Key Facts

Date of Birth
3 March 1982
Currently resides
Zillmere, QLD
Start competing
1999
Australian debut
2001
Impairment
Physical Impairment – Quadriplegia

Ryan 's Story

Before becoming a quadriplegic as a passenger in a car accident at 16, four-time Paralympian and long-time captain of the Australian wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers, Ryan Scott was an avid surfer and enjoyed playing football, soccer and basketball. While the force of the crash pinned Ryan’s head to his stomach, causing irreparable damage to his spinal cord, it did not take him long to rediscover his passion for sport through wheelchair rugby, representing Australia for the first time just three years later at the 2001 IWRF Oceania Zone Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. Ryan would go on to captain …

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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