Terry Bywater
Terry Bywater at Gliders & Rollers World Challenge on 21 July 2012
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| Birth name | Terrance Bywater | |||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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28 February 1983 Middlesbrough, England |
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| Residence | Cleveland, North Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) (2009) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (11 st 9 lb) (2009) | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's team | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Sheffield Steelers | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||
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Terrance "Terry" Bywater (born 28 February 1983) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He participated in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where his team came in fourth place; in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he won a bronze medal and was the highest scorer for Great Britain; the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning another bronze medal; and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where his team again came in fourth place.
Bywater was born on 28 February 1983 in Dormanstown, England and currently lives in Cleveland, North Yorkshire. As of 2009[update], he weighs 74 kilograms (11 st 9 lb) and is 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall. He was born without a tibia and a fibula in his left leg, which was amputated when he was two. He has a son, Benjamin Bywater.
Bywater began playing wheelchair basketball at the age of 13 at an open day in Middlesbrough with the Teesside Lions. He later played with them. After playing for a year, he was selected for the Great Britain Under-23 team and began training in 1993. He made his debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics, and finished fourth. He participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where he won a bronze medal, and was the top Great Britain scorer in the event. He currently plays for the Sheffield Steelers. He once played for C. D. Fundosa in Spain, along with many other European clubs. Bywater returned to England so he could play with the Super League Club Sheffield Steelers throughout the 2011—12 season. He is a 4.5 point player.
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