Luke Pople


Luke Pople is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Australia men's national [wheelchair basketball team|Rollers] team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, his first Games.

Early life

Pople was born on 6 June 1991 with spina bifida. He began using a wheelchair at eight., he lives in Dapto, New South Wales.

Career

Pople started playing wheelchair basketball at age thirteen. He plays for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. In 2013, we was a member of the Australian Spinners that won to bronze at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Under 23 World Championships. He was a member of the Rollers that won the gold medal at the 2014 Men's [World Wheelchair Basketball Championship] in Incheon, Japan. In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. At the
Pople was a member of the Australian Team that won the gold medal in the 3x3 men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he was a member of the Rollers that finished fifth with a win/loss record of 3-3.