Luke Pople
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1991-06-06) 6 June 1991
Sport
PositionPoint guard
Disability class2.5
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 HamburgTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham3x3 Men's Team

Luke Pople (born 6 June 1991) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.[1]

Biography

Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida.[2] He began using a wheelchair at eight.[2] As of 2018, he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.[3]

Pople started playing wheelchair basketball at age thirteen.[2] He plays for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2013, we was a member of the Australian Spinners that won to bronze at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Under 23 World Championships.[1] He was a member of the Rollers that won the gold medal at the 2014 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Incheon, Japan. In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.[4]

Pople was a member of the Australian Team that won the gold medal in the 3x3 men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

References

  1. 1 2 "Luke Pople". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Luke Pople : their journey". Sunrise Medical website. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Luke Pople". Wollongong Roller Hawks website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rollers earn bronze at the 2018 World Championships". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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