Mogo Wheelchairs
Topic: Engineering
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Mogo Wheelchairs is an Australian manufacturer of sporting wheelchairs established by Michael Callahan who competed in wheelchair basketball for Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and 1992 Summer Paralympics.[1][2][3][4]
Origins
Callahan wasn't able to find suitable chairs for competitive wheelchair basketball, and started building his own in the early 1980s.[2][4] In 2000 Callahan reported to Sydney Morning Herald that his company was building 600 to 700 chairs a year at around AUD 2,000 per chair, and almost all of Australia's wheelchair basketball team was using his chairs.[2]
Mogo pioneered the inclusion of a fifth wheel that is now standard in wheelchair basketball.[5][6][7]
Advocacy
Double amputee, Paralympian and public speaker Matt Glowacki is their advocate in the United States.[8][4]
See also
- Surgical Engineering
References
- ↑ NSW Hansard, 12 October 2000, Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michelle Griffin (31 August 2000). "He got game". Sydney Morning Herald: p. 26.
- ↑ "Wheelchair gives Jason an edge". The Nelson Mail, Nelson, New Zealand: p. 23. 20 September 2000.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "About Mogo Wheelchairs :: 100% Australian custom made wheelchair". Mogowheelchairs.com.au. http://www.mogowheelchairs.com.au/aboutus.php.
- ↑ "The Wheelchair". Wheelchairbasketball.ca. http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/content.aspx?id=4990.
- ↑ "Basketball Wheelchairs". Livestrong.Com. http://www.livestrong.com/article/10066-smart-shopping-basketball-wheelchairs/.
- ↑ "Cherubini Enterprises". https://www.ceibroda.com/. Thursday, 11 February 2021
- ↑ "Guest lecturer to address diversity on 'south park'". US Fed News Service. 21 Oct 2009. http://spider.flcc.edu/wordpress/?p=1758.
External links
- Michael Callahan at the International Paralympic Committee
- Matthew Glowacki at the International Paralympic Committee
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