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Adrian John King, OAM (born 21 November 1971 in 
Tamworth, New South Wales
Tamworth is a city and administrative centre of the north-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on the Peel River (New South Wales), Peel River within the local government area of the Tamworth Regional Council, it is the largest ...
) is an Australian wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...
player. He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Paralympics. He won a silver medal as part of the 2004 team and a gold medal as part of the 2008 team, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then ...
. He is currently living in Queensland.
Adrian was supposed to compete at a Four-Nation Invitational Tournament in Osnabruk, Germany. He was however unable to compete after undergoing shoulder surgery. Adrian was a member of the Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball team for the 2009 Rollers World Challenge. In 2009, Sporting Wheelies and Disabled held a four-match wheelchair basketball series with between the Rockwheelers and the national league team, the Brisbane Spinning Bullets. King was part of the winning team, the Brisbane Spinning Bullets, and yet still took the opportunity to assist the Rockwheelers' players in bettering their basketball ability. King competed in the 2011 Frank Ponta Cup as a member of 'Team Gould' with the aim of this tournament being to gain recognition for wheelchair basketball. In 2013, King competed in the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) for the RSL Queensland Spinning Bullets where his team finished in 3rd place.
In 2013, he was honoured in the Tamworth Regional Olympian Honour Wall. He received this honour for his participation in the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games. King ended his Paralympic career with one gold medal and one silver medal both as a member of the Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball team.
Adrian King is a qualified investment adviser with Gamma Wealth Management where he has over 11 years experience in assisting clients to manage their investments. King specialises in managing clients' financial affairs with a key focus on compensation payments, marital breakdown or deceased estate settlements.
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* Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Wheelchair-category Paralympic competitors Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Living people Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 1971 births Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Sportspeople from Tamworth, New South Wales Basketball players from New South Wales {{Australia-Paralympic-medalist-stub