Mandip Sehmi

Mandip Sehmi (born 13 December 1980)[1] is a British wheelchair rugby player.

Mandip Sehmi
Birth nameMandip Singh Sehmi
Date of birth (1980-12-13) 13 December 1980
Place of birthRoyal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Occupation(s)Wheel Chair Rugby Athlete
Rugby union career
Position(s) -
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Great Britain

He was part of the Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team that came in 4th place at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[2]

He has three gold medals from the IWRF European Championship (2005, 2007 and 2015).

Sehmi was involved in a car crash in the summer of 2000, which resulted in a broken neck and a permanent spinal cord injury.[3] He spent a year recovering at the Stoke Mandeville hospital.[4][5]

While at the hospital, he had the opportunity to meet Bob O'Shea, a member of the Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team. O'Shea's wife was a nurse at the hospital, and he invited Sehmi to train in wheelchair rugby at a location near the hospital.[6]

References
  1. Profile - Mandip Sehmi, paralympiansclub.org.uk
  2. "Mandip Sehmi". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  3. Mandip Sehmi athlete blog Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership for the 2012 Games, (CW2012)
  4. "The game is what I care most about" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, coloplast.com, 24 September 2010
  5. C4 reveals the warm and witty side of our Paralympians, The Independent, 30 August 2010
  6. Leamington Paralympian to star on Channel 4 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, london2012.cswp.org.uk, 20 August 2010


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