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}}Jason Lees, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} is a wheelchair rugby player from Victoria and was a member of the Australian Steelers that won the gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1] His partner is Melanie Josephs; they have one child.

Biography

Lees life changed in June 2000. Lees a mechanic at the time was on a motocross circuit in Laverton, Victoria when his bike ran off the track and the resultant accident led to him breaking his neck.[2] He is paralysed from the chest down but has recovered some mobility, improving to a point where he can 'stand a bit and use my arms a bit.'[2]

In 2002, Lees started playing wheelchair rugby on the social, non-competitive level.

In 2009, he made his debut for the Victoria state team and the Australian Steelers. He competed in the 2010 World Rugby Wheelchair Championships, where his team captured a silver medal.[3]

Lees was a member of the Steelers that won the gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark.[4]

He was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.[5]

At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61-62 in the gold medal game.[6]

Lees was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Steelers aim to maintain their reign in Rio |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/steelers-aim-to-maintain-their-reign-in-rio/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829041812/https://www.paralympic.org.au/steelers-aim-to-maintain-their-reign-in-rio/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=29 August 2016 |website=Australian Paralympic Committee News |date=25 July 2016 |accessdate=25 July 2016 }}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Paxinos|first1=Stathi|title=Set for some hell on wheels|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/set-for-some-hell-on-wheels-20120810-23zyr.html|accessdate=27 August 2014|work=The Age|date=11 Aug 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sports.org.au/athletes-profiles/35-men-athlete-profiles/214-jason-lees-vic.html |author=Australian Athletes with a Disability |title=Jason Lees (VIC) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003193612/http://www.sports.org.au/athletes-profiles/35-men-athlete-profiles/214-jason-lees-vic.html |archivedate= 3 October 2011 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-wins-first-ever-iwrf-world-championship|website=Australian Paralympic Committee News|date=11 August 2014|accessdate=27 August 2014}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Lees|first1=Chris|title=Steelers double up with Paralympics gold|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/steelers-double-up-with-paralympics-gold/3091020/|accessdate=19 September 2016|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|date=19 September 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.2018wrwc.com/ |website=IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website |accessdate=10 August 2018}}
7. ^{{cite news |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064|title=Australia Day honours list 2014: in full |date=26 January 2014 |accessdate=26 January 2014}}

External links

  • [https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/jason-lees/ Australian Paralympic Committee Profile]
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10 : Australian wheelchair rugby players|Paralympic wheelchair rugby players of Australia|Wheelchair rugby players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair rugby players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic gold medalists for Australia|Living people|1977 births|Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia|Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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