Mandip Sehmi

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'''Mandip Sehmi''' (born 13 December 1980)<ref>[http://www.paralympiansclub.org.uk/athlete.asp?itemid=101&itemTitle=Mandip+Sehmi&section=70&sectionTitle=Search+For+An+Athlete&games=&sport=&medal_gold=&medal_silver=&medal_bronze=&keyword=Mandip%20Sehmi Profile - Mandip Sehmi], paralympiansclub.org.uk</ref> is a British wheelchair rugby player.

He was part of the Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team that came in 4th place at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/mandip-sehmi |title=Mandip Sehmi |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=}}</ref>

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.<ref>[http://london2012.cswp.org.uk/blog?title=mandip-sehmi-athlete-blog Mandip Sehmi athlete blog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724202833/http://london2012.cswp.org.uk/blog?title=mandip-sehmi-athlete-blog |date=2011-07-24 }}, Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership for the 2012 Games, (CW2012)</ref> He spent a year recovering at the Stoke Mandeville hospital.<ref>[http://www.coloplast.com/About/news/Pages/Wheelchair-Rugby-2.aspx "The game is what I care most about"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175510/http://www.coloplast.com/About/news/Pages/Wheelchair-Rugby-2.aspx |date=2011-07-08 }}, coloplast.com, 24 September 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/c4-reveals-the-warm-and-witty-side-of-our-paralympians-2065441.html C4 reveals the warm and witty side of our Paralympians], The Independent, 30 August 2010</ref>

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.<ref>[http://london2012.cswp.org.uk/news?title=leamington-paralympian-to-star-on-channel-4 Leamington Paralympian to star on Channel 4] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724203016/http://london2012.cswp.org.uk/news?title=leamington-paralympian-to-star-on-channel-4 |date=2011-07-24 }}, london2012.cswp.org.uk, 20 August 2010</ref>

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==External links== * {{Twitter|mandipsehmi}} * {{IPC athlete|mandip-sehmi}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110415161513/http://www.team-2012.com/athletes/mandipsehmi/profile.aspx Mandip Sehmi], team-2012.com *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECOev67L8MU London 2012 mascots - Making of film 2 - with Mandip Sehmi] at YouTube * {{NPG name|id=132194}}

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