Grant Mizens

Grant Mizens
	2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Mizens
Personal information
Full name	Grant Karlis Mizens
Nationality	Australia
Born	19 April 1977; Sydney, New South Wales
Spouse	Janna Crawford (m. 2008)
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
World Championship

Grant Karlus Mizens, OAM^[1] (born 19 April 1977)^[2] is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics.

Basketball

He is classified as a 2.0 player and plays guard.^[2]

National team

Paralympics

He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team^[3] that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,^[4] and also part of the team that won a gold medal^[5] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,^[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.^[6]

Other competitions

He was a member of the national team that competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.^[7] He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team that competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship^[2]^[8] that won a gold medal.^[9]

Club basketball

Mizens played club basketball for the West Sydney Razorbacks.^[2] In 2010, he was playing club basketball with the Wenty League Wheelkings.^[10]

Personal

He was born in Sydney, New South Wales.^[11] Mizens in his final year of high school was involved in a car accident that led to paraplegia from the waist down.^[12] Mizen has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.^[13] In 2020, he was appointed to Paralympics Australia Board and in March 2023 elected vice president.^[14] In 2024, he is Portfolio Manager at MLC Asset Management and a member of Sargood Foundation and Sargood Centre Boards.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ "Results - ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ "Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ "2009 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships". Basketball Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
^ "Newsletter 2010 July 2010". Australian Athletes With a Disability. July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ "Rollers Int History". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ "FOUR NSW TEAM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN ROLLERS TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND" (PDF). New South Wales Basketball. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
^ Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Board Members Archives". Sargood Foundation. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Our Board | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Paralympics Australia Announces New President | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ Siljic, Jasmine. "MLC Asset Management expands investment team | Money Management". www.moneymanagement.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2024.