Erik Horrie
2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Horrie
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| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erik Horrie (born 17 October 1979) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and rower. He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. Switching to rowing in 2011, he made an immediate impact in the sport, first winning the NSW State Rowing Championships and then the National Rowing Championships in Adelaide. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and gold medals at the 2013 , 2014 and 2015 World Rowing Championships. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Horrie was born on 17 October 1979 in New Zealand. At the age of seven, he was made a ward of the state due to domestic violence in his home and subsequently spent most of his childhood in foster care homes. In 2001, he was in a motor vehicle accident that left him a paraplegic. As of 2016[update], he lives in Penrith, New South Wales. In studying youth work, Horrie said "I want to help underprivileged kids because I can relate to what they may be going through. I’m not saying I understand, but hopefully use my experiences to show them they have a choice."
Horrie is married to Michelle and they have three children.
Basketball
Horrie was classified as a 4 point player. He played in Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball League's Brisbane Spinning Bullets.
He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. He attempted to make the team for the 2008 Summer Paralympics but did not get selected for the national team until 2009 when he played in the 2009 IBWF AOZ Oceania Championship and the 2009 Rollers World Challenge. Following that, he left the sport.
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