Hi, I'm Tim Maloney.

I'm a wheelchair basketball player who was born on 6/10/1967. I grew up in Adelaide (thats where my family are from). I have been involved in all sorts of wheelchair sports since I was ten years old. I have tried nearly everything including track and field, motor cycling, swimming, rock climbing, sailing, canoeing, tennis, snorkelling, scuba diving and basketball. What can I say, I love my sport!

I use a wheelchair because cancer damaged my spine when I was nine months old, so I couldn't walk properly. I had my right leg amputated above the knee when I was eleven years old, then I started to use a wheelchair all the time and I also have only one kidney, but the only thing that slows me down is the red dust in the NT.

Wheelchair Basketball teams I have played for: Adelaide Thunder, Wollongong Roller Hawks, Bradford Bears (England), University of Kentucky WheelKats (USA), and The Australian Team (The Rollers 1989 - 1998).

Highlights: Being part of the team that won the wheelchair basketball Gold Medal in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.

I have won seven National Wheelchair Basketball League Championships, one with the Wollongong Roller Hawks and six with Adelaide Thunder.

I broke and held the world record in the 800m in wheelchair racing from 1985-87.

Just remember ... never give in!

Cheers Tim