Harrison Brown

Started: He began the sport at age nine at the Cardinals wheelchair basketball club in Halifax, England. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016) Reason: He was invited to his local club in Halifax and loved it from the first day. "My mum worked with one of the players and asked me to come along. It started off as something to do every week, now it's a way of life." (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; iwbf.org, 03 Sep 2016) Awards: He was a member of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team that was awarded the Bill McGowran Trophy at the 2018 Sports Journalists' Association's British Sports Awards. (yahoo.com, 23 Dec 2018; sportsjournalists.co.uk, 01 Jan 2020) He was one of eight British U22 players to carry the Paralympic flag into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (paralympics.org.uk, 01 Oct 2016)

Sporting Relatives: His brother Jack Brown won the 2008 wheelchair rugby league World Cup with England, and won the sport's inaugural Golden Boot award in January 2020, given to the player adjudged to have performed best in international matches throughout 2019. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; insidethegames.biz, 02 Aug 2017; rugby-league.com, 31 Jan 2020)