Sandy Blythe

Athlete

1962 –

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Who is Sandy Blythe?

Robert Alexander "Sandy" Blythe, OAM was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He became a paraplegic due to a car accident in 1981, and went on to participate in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at four Paralympic Games, captaining the gold-medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. He committed suicide in 2005 at the age of 43 after a long illness.

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Born
Feb 24, 1962
Australia
Lived in
  • Geelong
Died
May 3, 2024

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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