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Nicholas ("Nick") Hugh Morris, OAM〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morris, Nicholas Hugh, OAM )〕 (born 16 August 1971) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the Victorian town of Wangaratta.〔 He was a member of the Australian team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.〔〔, retrieved 22 April 2012.〕 He was also a member of the Australian wheelchair basketball squad at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.〔 Morris was injured in a motorcycle accident at age 16 and credits his involvement in sport as the key to his rehabilitation.〔(RMIT Alumni Profile, accessed 1 September 2008 )〕 Morris received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for his many years service to the Paralympic movement as a Basketball athlete.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morris, Nicholas: Australian Sports Medal )〕 In his professional capacity, Morris sat on the Australian Standards Committee for Access provisions (AS1428) and is a director of Morris Goding Accessibility Consulting.〔(MGAC Directors, accessed 1 September 2008 )〕 In 1999 he established (accessibility.com.au ), a web site dedicated to providing information about accessible venues, facilities, services, transport and news.〔(accessibility.com.au - History, accessed 1 September 2008 )〕 In 2006 Morris co-invented the Vulcan Wheel, ergonomically designed one-piece extruded aluminium wheelchair wheel for use in general travel and sport. The invention was featured on the ABC New Inventors program.〔(New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel, accessed 1 September 2008 )〕〔(New Inventors - The Vulcan Wheel (Winner), accessed 1 September 2008 )〕 Currently Morris is a member of the International Paralympic Committee and consults for BOCOG.〔(accessibility.com.au - Accessing Beijing, accessed 1 September 2008 )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Morris (basketball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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