[3] They defeated the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics by 44–58 in front of a crowd of over 12,000 at the North Greenwich Arena to win the gold medal.

[5] They were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by President Joachim Gauck in November 2012,[6] and were named Team of the Year for 2012.

[8] Glinicki was philosophical about the win, noting in December 2012 that there were many awards and ceremonies, but that the memory of London was fading over time.

[9] The national team was not so fortunate, losing the European Championship to the Netherlands by a point, 56–57, before a home town crowd in Frankfurt in July 2013.

The team also won the Fair Play Award of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Europe.