# Simon Munn

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**Simon Munn** (born 31 January 1968[1]) is a British [wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball) player. He is originally from [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury).

He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident.[citation needed]

As a wheelchair basketball player, Munn has played for clubs including Super League Club MK Aces, Tameside Owls and London Club Capital City. He is classified as a [4 point player](/source/4_point_player). He received the British Wheelchair Sport Awards in 2007.[2]

Munn was part of [Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_wheelchair_basketball_team) at the [1992](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Paralympics), [1996](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics), [2000](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics), [2004](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics), [2008](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics), [2012](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics), and [2016 Summer Paralympics](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics). The team took the silver medal in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008.[3] He planned to retire as a basketball player after the [2012 Summer Paralympics](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics) in London,[4] but eventually competed in his seventh Paralympics in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) in [2016](/source/2016_Summer_Paralympics).[5]

## References

1. ["The Athletes: Simon Munn"](http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/simon-munn). *[Channel 4](/source/Channel_4)*

1. ["Munn selected for fifth Paralympics"](http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_feature.asp?itemid=2159&itemTitle=Munn+selected+for+fifth+Paralympics&section=0001000100060003). *Paralympics.org.uk*. [ParalympicsGB](/source/ParalympicsGB). 2008. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927041744/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_feature.asp?itemid=2159&itemTitle=Munn+selected+for+fifth+Paralympics&section=0001000100060003) 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Simon Munn"](https://www.paralympic.org/simon-munn). *Paralympic.org*. [International Paralympic Committee](/source/International_Paralympic_Committee)

1. ["Simon Munn"](http://www.team-2012.com/athletes/simonmunn/profile.aspx). *Team-2012.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091022015514/http://www.team-2012.com/athletes/simonmunn/profile.aspx) 2009-10-22 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Rio 2016 Paralympics: 'It's not about how full the stadiums are'"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37196387). *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 2016-09-02.

## External links

- [Simon Munn at Team-2012.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20091022015514/http://www.team-2012.com/athletes/simonmunn/profile.aspx) 22 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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