James Roberts
The Toby Gribben Show Highlights - A podcast by Shout Radio
James Roberts is a wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic athlete based in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales.Roberts was born with a disability called femoral dysplasia. He started out in his sporting career as a swimmer, and progressed on to other Paralympic sports, such as rowing and sitting volleyball. He competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, finishing fifth in the trunk and arm classification in adaptive rowing. He also competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, finishing 8th in the sitting volleyball. More recently he has begun playing wheelchair basketball for local side Rhyl Raptors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
