Brad Ness

[2] In December 2023, Ness was appointed the Head Coach of the Rollers - Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.

[3] We were preparing to leave the pier when the skipper thought he heard me calling "all clear", but the rope I was attending was still attached to the quayside.

When the ferry moved out, the rope tightened and sliced off my right ankle as neatly as a chef chopping through a carrot.

[6] On 19 December 1992,[7] at the age of 18, he lost his leg in a boating accident aboard a high-speed ferry between Rottnest Island and Fremantle.

Ness's leg was attached to the quayside when the ferry was moving out, the rope tightened and sliced off his right ankle.

[10][11] During a ceremony at the Perth parliament house on 9 July 2013, he was given replacement medals by the Australian Paralympic Committee, a first for the organisation.

[4][5] In 2016, he was selected for his fifth games, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro[15] where his team, The Rollers, finished sixth.

[5] He was on the team that competed in the Rollers World Challenge held in August 2009,[5] where he scored 17 points in the match against Japan.

[19][20][21] Ness was a member of the Rollers team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

[22] In 2000, Ness played for the Dandenong Rangers, and helped the team win the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) Championships.

[5] In 2009, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games".

Ness at the 2012 London Paralympics
Ness at the 2012 London Paralympics
Brad Ness (on floor) and Jannik Blair (No.10) of Australia. Great Britain vs Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at Gliders & Rollers World Challenge on 21 July 2012.