Ben Fox

Wheelchair Basketball

Region

Swindon
Date of Birth

15/08/1995
Classification

3.5

Already a keen amputee footballer, Ben Fox found wheelchair basketball by chance on his way to watch his beloved Arsenal play Manchester United. It was during a stop at a service station when he was introduced to the sport by former GB international Sinclair Thomas.

After their chance meeting, Ben began playing his playing career at Wolverhampton Rhinos, before moving on to Coventry’s CWBA in 2012, earning his first junior GB international cap at the U23 World Championships in 2013.

After taking a short break to focus on his education and career development, Ben returned to the GB Performance Programme in 2015, and in 2017 Ben and the GB junior team made history on the courts of Toronto, becoming the first British team to win the U23 World Championship title.

Ben had already been a part of the GB junior men’s team that achieved the silver medal at the 2017 U22 European Championships. It was during 2017 Ben made the decision to firmly focus on his international playing career and relocated to train full-time at GB’s Elite Training Centre.

Fox made his debut appearance for GB’s senior team at the 2019 European Championships in Poland, winning European gold.

Major results

2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan

Bronze

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