 Portrait of Matthew McShane taken at team processing session for shadow members of 2016 Australian Paralympic team | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Macca |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | (1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (age 35) |
| Sport | |
| Position | Guard |
| Disability class | 1.5 |
| Club | Queensland Spinning Bullets |
Medal record | |
Matthew McShane (born 1 November 1990) is a 1.5 pointwheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the2020 Summer Paralympics, his second Games.[1]
Matthew McShane was born on 1 November 1990. When he was 18, he contractedtransverse myelitis, aneurological condition in which thespinal cord isinflamed, that left himparaplegic. Coming home from his work one day, he suddenly found that he was unable to move.[2] He was in hospital and rehabilitation for nine months.[3]
He has completed a Bachelor of Industrial Design at the Gold Coast campus ofGriffith University.
McShane had always enjoyed sports, particularlyAustralian football,surfing andSkateboarding. During rehabilitation, he was introduced towheelchair basketball,[2] and played his first game in a social competition on theGold Coast.[3] He then joined the Queensland Spinning Bullets theNational Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) as a1.5 point player, and played his first game with thenational team, the Rollers, in November 2014.[3] In June 2016, he toured Great Britain for the 2016 Continental Clash against Canada, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.[4] The Rollers were defeated by the United States, and won silver.[2] In 2016, he was selected for the2016 Summer Paralympics inRio de Janeiro.[5] He was one of five Rollers selected for their first Paralympics[5] where they finished sixth.[6]
In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship inHamburg,Germany.[7]
At the2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Rollers finishedfifth with a win–loss record of 4–4.[8][9]
