By Canadian Press

Decorated Canadian wheelchair basketball player Patrick Andreson announces retirement

Mar 24, 2025 | 9:25 AM

One of the most decorated Canadian basketball players of all time has retired.

Patrick Anderson, who led the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team to three Paralympic gold medals and a silver, says last year’s Paralympic Games in Paris was his last.

The 45-year-old from Fergus, Ont., has been called the Michael Jordan of wheelchair basketball.

Anderson was one of Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremonies in Paris. He scored 31 points and had 11 rebounds in the bronze-medal game that Canada lost to Germany.

He was struck by a car at age nine and his lower legs were amputated below the knee.

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Anderson is now helping Canada’s next generation of basketball players as a skills coach and intends to launch a wheelchair basketball program in his hometown of Fergus.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 24, 2025.

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