Simon Munn


Simon Munn is a British wheelchair basketball player. He is originally from Aylesbury.
He had his left leg amputated after a railway accident.
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. He received the British Wheelchair Sport Awards in 2007.
Munn was part of Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team at the 1992, [Wheelchair basketball at the Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Summer Paralympics|1996], 2000, [Wheelchair basketball at the Wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Summer Paralympics|2004], [Wheelchair basketball at the Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Summer Paralympics|2008], 2012, and 2016 Summer Paralympics. The team took the silver medal in 1996, and the bronze in 2004 and 2008. He planned to retire as a basketball player after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, but eventually competed in his seventh Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.