Bill Latham (basketball)


Bill Latham is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Australian national team that competed at the 2010 and 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships that won gold medals.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver. In 2016, he was selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Born on 29 October 1989, Latham lost his left leg below the knee in a tractor accident.

Sporting career

Latham is a 4.0 wheelchair basketball player. His achievements include silver in the 2012 Paralympics and gold in the 2014 and 2010 World Championships
He was part of the team sent to represent Australia in the 2016 Paralympics where they finished sixth.
In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Hamburg, Germany.