Madeleine Thompson

Madeleine Thompson (born 29 March 1995) is a 4 point British wheelchair basketball player. In 2008, at the age of thirteen, she became the youngest ever player to represent Great Britain in wheelchair basketball. She was part of the British team at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto, and the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg.

For American soccer player, see Maddie Thompson.

Madeleine Thompson
Madeleine Thompson at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class4
Event(s)Women's team
ClubSheffield Steelers
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
U25 Women's World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 St Catharines, CanadaWomen's wheelchair basketball
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 Stoke Mandeville, United KingdomWomen's wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place2011 Nazareth, IsraelWomen's wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place2013 Frankfurt, GermanyWomen's wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place2015 Worcester, United KingdomWomen's wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place2017 Tenerife, SpainWomen's wheelchair basketball
Women's World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Hamburg, GermanyWomen's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Madeleine Thompson was born in Chesterfield on 29 March 1995. She was educated at Lady Manners School.[1] She took up wheelchair basketball at the age of ten after a meeting with the British player Callum Gordon. This led to an invitation to attend a training session for the Sheffield Steelers. She was graded a 4 point player. When she was thirteen, she became the youngest wheelchair basketball player ever to represent Great Britain, as part of the team at the Under 22 European Championships at Adana, Turkey, in 2008. She was selected a member of the senior national team the following year, and won bronze at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Stoke Mandeville.[2] She made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, and won silver at the 2013 Under 25 European Championship. After a break to start a family, she returned to the training programme in 2017, and was part of the team at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[3] Team Great Britain won silver. This was the best-ever performance of the British women's team, which had never made the finals before.[4]

Achievements

References
  1. "Maddie Thompson". Lady Manners School. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "Madeleine Thompson". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "Madeleine Thompson". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. "World Championships 2018 – GB men win gold and our women take silver!!!!". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. "Germany earn 10th women's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship title as hosts Britain win men's gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. "NED v GBR". FIBA LiveStats. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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