# Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

Eight teams participated in wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Teams could have up to 12 players, but no more than 11 of the team members could be male. In wheelchair rugby, each player is given a sport class based on their upper body function. The classification is a 7-level score ranging from 0.5 to 3.5, with lower scores corresponding to more severe disability. The sum score of all a team's players on the field could not exceed 8.

## Australia

Team staff :
| Coach | Brad Dubberley |
| Assistant coach | Robert Doidge |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 8 | Bryce Alman | 2.0 | 32 |
| 3 | Ryley Batt | 3.5 | 19 |
| 7 | Grant Boxall | 2.5 | 32 |
| 5 | Shane Brand | 1.5 | 35 |
| 4 | Cameron Carr | 2.0 | 31 |
| 2 | Nazim Erdem | 0.5 | 38 |
| 1 | George Hucks | 3.0 | 40 |
| 12 | Steve Porter (captain) | 2.5 | 38 |
| 11 | Ryan Scott | 0.5 | 26 |
| 13 | Greg Smith | 2.0 | 41 |
| 6 | Scott Vitale | 2.0 | 23 |

## Canada

Team staff :
| Coach | Benoit Labrecque |
| Assistant coach | Marco Dispaltro |
| Assistant coach | Adam Frost |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 6 | Ian Chan | 3.0 | 31 |
| 2 | Jason Crone | 1.5 | 21 |
| 13 | Jared Funk | 0.5 | 34 |
| 5 | Garett Hickling | 3.5 | 37 |
| 10 | Trevor Hirschfield | 1.0 | 24 |
| 11 | Fabien Lavoie | 3.0 | 27 |
| 9 | Say Luangkhamdeng | 2.0 | 31 |
| 1 | Daniel Paradis | 0.5 | 47 |
| 4 | Erika Schmutz | 1.5 | 35 |
| 15 | Patrice Simard | 1.5 | 29 |
| 8 | Mike Whitehead | 3.0 | 32 |
| 14 | David Willsie (captain) | 2.0 | 40 |

## China

Team staff :
| Coach | Wen Yan |
| Assistant coach | Wu Zhiming |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 3 | Chen Jun | 2.5 | 23 |
| 8 | Cheng Shuangmiao (captain) | 2.0 | 28 |
| 7 | Cui Maosheng | 2.0 | 32 |
| 2 | Han Guifei | 3.0 | 21 |
| 1 | Pan Zilin | 3.5 | 35 |
| 12 | Shao Dequan | 1.0 | 20 |
| 10 | Tao Zhenfeng | 0.5 | 32 |
| 6 | Tian Shilin | 2.0 | 24 |
| 5 | Wang Sheng | 3.0 | 35 |
| 11 | Xia Junfeng | 0.5 | 36 |
| 9 | Yu Zhongtao | 1.0 | 25 |
| 15 | Zhang Wenli | 1.5 | 40 |

## Germany

Team staff :
| Coach | Pierre Sahm |
| Assistant coach | Bert Metzger |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 15 | Maik Baumann | 3.0 | 28 |
| 3 | Christian Goetze | 1.0 | 33 |
| 14 | Joerg Holzem (captain) | 2.5 | 35 |
| 10 | Salih Koeseoglu | 2.5 | 28 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Mayer | 2.5 | 43 |
| 13 | Nacer Menezla | 2.0 | 33 |
| 8 | Oliver Johannes Picht | 3.0 | 36 |
| 11 | Micael Reis | 2.5 | 30 |
| 12 | Wolfgang Schmitt | 0.5 | 25 |
| 7 | Dirk Wieschendorf | 1.0 | 33 |
| 1 | Christoph Werner | 2.0 | 39 |

## Great Britain

Team staff :
| Coach | Mark Edward O'Connor |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 11 | Alan Ash | 2.0 | 35 |
| 10 | Andrew Barrow | 2.0 | 29 |
| 2 | Jonathan Coggan | 0.5 | 25 |
| 8 | Troye Collins | 2.5 | 36 |
| 9 | Justin Frishberg | 2.0 | 36 |
| 5 | Bulbul Hussain | 1.0 | 36 |
| 6 | Ross Morrison | 2.5 | 29 |
| 3 | Steven Palmer | 1.5 | 35 |
| 12 | Josie Pearson | 1.5 | 22 |
| 7 | Jason Roberts | 1.5 | 35 |
| 1 | Mandip Sehmi | 2.5 | 27 |
| 4 | Paul Shaw | 1.0 | 37 |

## Japan

Team staff :
| Coach | Yasuo Shiozawa |
| Assistant coach | Daisuke Aoyagi |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 7 | Shingo Fujishima | 3.0 | 36 |
| 12 | Shunsuke Kawano | 1.5 | 32 |
| 8 | Hiroyuki Misaka | 2.0 | 27 |
| 6 | Takuo Murohashi | 2.0 | 33 |
| 3 | Yu Nagayasu | 3.0 | 22 |
| 11 | Shin Nakazato | 2.5 | 31 |
| 5 | Koichi Ogino (captain) | 1.0 | 42 |
| 10 | Yoshito Sato | 2.0 | 28 |
| 4 | Shinichi Shimakawa | 3.0 | 33 |
| 1 | Yoshinobu Takahashi | 0.5 | 33 |
| 9 | Manabu Tamura | 2.5 | 33 |

## New Zealand

Team staff :
| Coach | Grant Sharman |
| Assistant coach | Tim Johnson |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 13 | Daniel Buckingham (captain) | 3.0 | 27 |
| 7 | Tim Johnson | 2.0 | 32 |
| 11 | David Klinkhamer | 1.5 | 26 |
| 2 | Curtis Palmer | 2.5 | 31 |
| 4 | Sholto Taylor | 2.0 | 36 |
| 6 | Geremy Tinker | 2.0 | 35 |
| 5 | Jai Waite | 1.0 | 32 |
| 14 | Adam Wakeford | 1.0 | 30 |

## United States

Team staff :
| Coach | James Gumbert |
| Assistant coach | Edward Suhr |
| No. | Name | Sport class | Age |
| 11 | Andy Cohn | 2.0 | 30 |
| 10 | Will Groulx | 2.0 | 34 |
| 8 | Scott Hogsett | 1.0 | 35 |
| 4 | Bryan Kirkland (captain) | 2.0 | 37 |
| 5 | Norm Lyduch | 1.0 | 36 |
| 2 | Seth McBride | 2.0 | 25 |
| 7 | Jason Regier | 0.5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nick Springer | 2.0 | 23 |
| 1 | Chance Sumner | 3.0 | 31 |
| 6 | Joel Wilmoth | 3.5 | 19 |
| 3 | Mark Zupan | 3.0 | 33 |