Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as The Sweet Chariots.^[1]

Great Britain GRB
IWRF Ranking	5th
IWRF Zone	IWRF European
National Federation	GBWR
Coach	Paul Shaw
Paralympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Gold 2020
World Championships
Appearances	5
Medals	–
IWRF European Championship
Appearances	11
Medals	Gold: 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2017,2019 Silver: 1997, 2011,2022,2023 Bronze: 1999,2013
Uniforms
Red Blue

Paralympics

Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000.^[2] Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List^[3][4]

Roster

The squad selected for the 2020 Paralympics is as follows:^[5]

#	Class	Name	Year Born	Team	Notes
22	2.0	Chris Ryan	1991-07-11	London WRC	Co-Captain
4	2.0	Gavin Walker	1983-10-13	Leicester Tigers WRC	Co-Captain
10	2.5	Ayaz Bhuta	1989-04-17	West Coast Crash
2	0.5	Jonathan Coggan	1983-04-25	London WRC
24	1.0	Ryan Cowling	1976-02-05	West Coast Crash
8	1.5	Nicholas Cummins	1985-08-04	Leicester Tigers WRC
7	0.5	Kylie Grimes	1987-12-07	London WRC
13	3.5	Aaron Phipps	1983-04-07	Team Solent Sharks
9	3.0	Jim Roberts	1987-09-03	London WRC
3	3.5	Stuart Robinson	1982-04-15	West Coast Crash
5	2.0	Jack Smith	1991-07-11	Leicester Tigers WRC
12	2.5	Jamie Stead	1993-09-22	Leicester Tigers WRC

Competitive record

Paralympic Games Paralympic Games results Year Position Pld W L 2000 6th 5 2 3 2004 4th 6 4 2 2008 4th 5 2 3 2012 5th 5 3 2 2016[6] 5th 4 2 2 2020 1st 5 4 1 Total 30 17 13

IWRF World championship Year Position Pld W L 1995 4th 9 3 6 1998 7th ? ? ? 2002 5th 7 5 2 2006 4th 7 5 2 2010 6th 7 3 4 2014 5th 7 5 2 Total 37 21 16

Past rosters

The Great Britain players at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

• 1996 Paralympic Games: Roy Humphreys, Alan Ash, Paul Jenkins, Jeffery Davey, Mark Eccleston, Rob Tarr, Darren Ransome, Keith Jones^[7]
• 2000 Paralympic Games: Simon Chambers, Troye Collins, Keith Jones, Graham Kamaly-Asl, Bob O'Shea, Ian Prescott, Darren Ransome, Paul Shaw, Mike Spence, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
• 2004 Paralympic Games: Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Ross Morrison, Bob O'Shea, Steve Palmer, Jason Roberts, Paul Shaw, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr
• 2008 Paralympic Games: Alan Ash, Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Bulbul Hussain, Ross Morrison, Steven Palmer, Josie Pearson, Jason Roberts, Mandip Sehmi, Paul Shaw, Coach: Mark Edward O'Connor
• 2012 Paralympic Games: David Anthony, Andy Barrow, Steve Brown (captain), Jonathan Coggan, Kylie Grimes, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Ross Morrison, Myles Pearson, Aaron Phipps, Mandip Sehmi, Coach: Tom O'Connor
• 2016 Paralympic Games: Alan Ash, Coral Batey, Ayaz Bhuta, Ryan Cowling, Jonathan Coggan, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Jim Roberts, Chris Ryan, Mandip Sehmi, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw
• 2020 Paralympic Games: Ayaz Bhuta, Jonathan Coggan, Ryan Cowling, Nicholas Cummins, Kylie Grimes, Aaron Phipps, Jim Roberts, Stuart Robinson, Chris Ryan, Jack Smith, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw