Ade Orogbemi

Ade Orogbemi

Orogbemi at Gliders & Rollers World Challenge on 21 July 2012.
Personal information
Birth name	Ade Orogbemi
Full name	Ade Orogbemi
Born	11 May 1978 Lagos, Nigeria
Residence	Liverpool
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Wheelchair basketball

Ade Orogbemi (born 11 May 1978) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He was selected to play for Team GB in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.^[1]

Personal life

Orogbemi was born in Lagos in Nigeria on 11 May 1978. He currently lives at Liverpool, Merseyside. Orogbemi grew up in East London after moving from Lagos. He was born with Poliomyelitis (polio).^[1] In 2009 he was jailed for six months for claiming £33,000 worth of housing benefit, council tax benefit and income support.^[2][3][4] He admitted to three accounts of fraud.^[2]

Wheelchair basketball

In 1997, Orogbemi was stopped on the streets by the coach of the East London Bullets and joined the wheelchair basketball team. Ever since then, he has competed in wheelchair basketball. After moving to Liverpool, he played for clubs such as Liverpool Greenbank, Tameside Owls and Wolverhampton Rhinos. He has also played with Toledo, a Spanish wheelchair basketball team.^[1] Orogbemi has been classed as a 2.5 player.^[5]

In 2001, he played in his first championship, the European Championships, held in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Along with his team, he was fourth place. In 2003, Orogbemi played at the European Championships in Sassari, Italy, winning bronze. Two years later, he was in Paris, France in the 2005 European Championships, and won silver with his team. He played his first World Championships in 2006, in Amsterdam, where the team were fifth. The following year, he participated in his first Paralympics, the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, held in Beijing. Along with Team GB, he finished in the bronze medal position. In 2010, at the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Birmingham, he finished in fifth place. 2011 saw Orogbemi's first victory, at the European Championships in Nazareth, Israel.^[1][6]

References

1. "Ade Orogbemi". GBWBA. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
2. "Medallist Ade jailed for fraud". The Sun. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. "Paralympian basketballer jailed for £33,000 disability benefit fraud". Daily Mail. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
4. "Disability claim sportsman jailed". BBC News. 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
5. "Ade Orogbemi". Sheffield City of Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
6. "Ade Orogbemi". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 20 August 2012.