Michael "Mike" Connell (born 13 November 1961) is an Australian former

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designe ...

player. He won a silver medal in the Men's Singles event at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics. He participated without winning any medals at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. In 1996, he won the men's doubles at the

Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...

with his partner, David Hall. At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's Doubles event with Hall. Connell won three Australian Opens - 1989, 1991 and 1993). His other tournament victories included three Japan Opens (1986, 1987, 1989), two Swiss Opens (1988, 1992), three Austrian Opens (1988, 1991, 1993), two German Opens (1988, 1990), the 1988 French Open and the 1994 Belgian Open. In 1994, Connell and Hall won the World Team Cup, Australia's first win at this prestigious tournament. Connell runs the "Wheelies" Wheelchair Tennis program and coaches

Adam Kellerman Adam Kellerman (born 26 July 1990) is an Australian wheelchair tennis player. When he was thirteen years old, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Ewing sarcoma. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the men's sin ...

. In 2014, Connell was still competing in major tournaments in Australia.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Connell, Michael 1961 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Australia Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Tennis players from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen 21st-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from New South Wales