Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team

Australia
IWBF Ranking2nd
IWBF zoneAsia Oceania
National federationBasketball Australia
CoachCraig Campbell since 2021[1]
Nickname(s)Gliders
Paralympic Games
Appearances7
Medals: :3 :1
World Championships
Appearances8
Medals: : :3
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Women's wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's wheelchair basketball
World Wheelchair Basketball Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Women
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Women
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Women
Osaka Cup
Silver medal – second place 2007 Women
Gold medal – first place 2008 Women
Gold medal – first place 2009 Women
Gold medal – first place 2010 Women
Silver medal – second place 2011 Women
Gold medal – first place 2012 Women
Gold medal – first place 2013 Women
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Women
Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Women's wheelchair

The Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team is the women's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Gliders. The team hasn't won a gold medal for Australia since it began competing at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, however it has won either the silver or bronze medal since the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney. Gliders finished 6th at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship but did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]

  1. ^ "Tom Kyle new Australian Gliders Head Coach". Basketball Australia News, 31 May 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gliders2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).