Phil Pratt (basketball)
British wheelchair basketball player (born 1994)
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Philip James Pratt (born 2 February 1994) is a British wheelchair basketball player and a member of British men's national wheelchair basketball team.
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Pratt at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Philip James Pratt |
| Born | 2 February 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
| Disability | Transverse myelitis |
| 3.0 | |
Medal record | |
Personal life
Pratt became a wheelchair user aged four after contracting transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord.[1]
Career
Pratt served as flag bearer for Great Britain during the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In June 2016, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in wheelchair basketball.[2]
He competed at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship where he served as team captain and helped Great Britain win their first gold medal in Wheelchair Basketball World Championship history.[3][4] During the gold medal game against the United States he recorded 12 points and 12 assists.[5]
He made the decision to miss the 2020 Summer Paralympics after taking time off due to the death of his grandfather.[6] He competed at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships, which was delayed until June 2023, and won a silver medal.[7]
He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in wheelchair basketball.[8][9]
He joined the reigning European Club Champions, Amiab Albacete, and subsequently helped them win a further three consecutive European Champions Cups, only losing one European game in four seasons and becoming the only Team to achieve four consecutive Cup wins in a row to date.[10] At the end of the 2025–26 season, he announced he was leaving Amiab Albacete in a surprise move to Italian Team Asinara Waves.[11]
In September 2026, he competed at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.[12] He finished the tournament as leading assist provider registering 88 assists, 20 more than the second placed athlete.[13]
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