Jaylen Brown (wheelchair basketball)

Jaylen Brown
Brown at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (2004-12-22) 22 December 2004 (age 20)
Sport
Disability class4.0
ClubDarwin Salties

Jaylen Brown (born 22 December 2004) is a 4.0 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

Biography

Brown was born on 22 December 2004. His home town is Warrnambool, Victoria. He had a leg amputation at the age of two and has a prosthetic leg.[2] [3] He attended St Pius Primary School and Emmanuel College.[2] His mother Louise played as a point guard in the Women's National Basketball League. He is a nephew of AFL player Jonathon Brown.[2]

Basketball

He started playing wheelchair basketball at seven with his mother playing a significant role in coaching him.[4] He was a member of the Victorian under 23 wheelchair basketball team which came from behind to secure a 68–60 victory over Western Australia to claim the state's maiden Kevin Coombs Cup in 2018.[5] Brown was a member of the Spinners at the 2022 IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Thailand, where the team finished fifth. He was the Spinners' leading point scorer for the tournament, finishing in the top-10 overall for points scored (110) and top-five for points per game (19.6).[6]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3.[7] In 2024, he was awarded a Victorian Institute of Sport Coach Award.

In 2024, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete. [8]

Australian football

In 2020, Brown was selected by Hawthorn in the Victorian Wheelchair Football League draft. As a 15-year-old, he was the youngest VWFL draftee. He played able-bodied football for Hampden league club for Koroit.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Fire Burns For Veteran Rollers Picked For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Mother and son help state to bronze medal". The Standard (Warrnambool, Australia). 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Jaylen Brown | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "SPOTLIGHT ON JAYLEN BROWN". South West Academy of Sport. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Brown goes one better as Victoria secures maiden victory". The Standard (Warrnambool, Australia). 1 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Representing country hits home: Brown". The Standard (Warrnambool, Australia). 24 September 2022. p. 67.
  7. ^ "Point Proven, But Rollers Lament Lost Opportunity | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Jaylen Brown". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Jaylen now a Hawk". Moyne Gazette, The (Australia). 6 March 2020.