Wheelchair rugby at the 2022 World Games

Wheelchair rugby
at the 2022 World Games
Dates14–17 July 2022
No. of events1

The wheelchair rugby competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham, Alabama in United States. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]Wheelchair rugby competition made its debut as invitational sport of The World Games programme and also was the first paralympic sport at the World Games program. As happening at the Paralympics, wheelchair rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes.[3]

Participating nations

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1001
2 Japan0101
3 Germany0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed tournament  Great Britain
David Cowling
Nick Cummins
Sam Dickinson
Kylie Grimes
Daniel Kellett
Myles Pearson
Luke Wilson 		 Japan
Yuki Hasegawa
Tomoaki Imai
Kotaro Kishi
Kae Kurahashi
Seiya Norimatsu
Takayuki Norimatsu
Hitoshi Ogawa
Hidefumi Wakayama 		 Germany
Florian Bongard
Niklas Braschoss
Britta Kripke
Christian Riedel
Peter Schreiner
Thomas Schuwje
Robert Teichmann

References

  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ "Introduction to Wheelchair Rugby". iwrf.com. International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-05-31. Wheelchair Rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes. Men and women compete on the same teams and in the same competitions.