Troy Sachs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Troy Sachs
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1975(1975-12-03)
Age	49
Birthplace	Bulli
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Troy Sachs Biography

Troy Sachs is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on December 3, 1975 in Bulli, New South Wales, Australia. Sachs was born in the Wollongong suburb of Bulli on December 3, 1975. Sachs was born without a Tibia and had an infected foot. the affected leg was removed below the knee at two and a quarter years of age. He has been wearing a prosthetic leg ever since.

Sachs was the first player to make an appearance with the Australia wheelchair basketball team of the men’s national team in the year 1992. The following year, Sachs participated in the World Championships, where the Rollers placed fourth. The year 2002 was the time he played in the of the Australian national team that placed 4th in the World Championships. 2004 was the year he played. a part of the Australian team that placed first in the Roosevelt Cup.

At the 1996 Games, in the gold medal match, Sachs scored 42 points, a world record for the number of points scored. At the 2000 and 2004 games, Sachs captained the Australian national team. At the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, he led his team in total scoring across the whole of the competition, with a score of 72–60 when the team defeated Canada. In the tournament, he averaged 5.4 points a game, but scored 19 total points in the final. Sachs was the only 2008 team member who had also been on the 1996 gold medal winning team.

He is the founder and director of Team Sachs, a fitness business, which he established in 1997, and has been on the board of directors of the Australian Paralympic Committee since 2008. He has been married to Philippa Margan since 2014; he was previously married to wheelchair basketballer Jane Sachs. He has a daughter and a son.

Sachs was a part of the Australian wheelchair basketball team for men during the 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004, 2004 Athens and Athens in 2008 Beijing Paralympics He has won gold medals with his team in both 1996 and 2008 and the silver medal was awarded in 2004. His team placed 8th and 5th in 1992 and 2000 respectively.

Troy Sachs Net Worth

Troy Sachs is one of the richest Basketball Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Troy Sachs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Troy Sachs, OAM (born 3 December 1975) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was a participant at 5 Paralympic Games from 1992 to 2008, and won three medals. Sachs was the winner of 2 national league championships, one in Australia and 3 national championships for league championships within the United States, one national league championship in Germany and also the Andre Vergauwen Cup championship with Italian club Tabu Cantu.

Sachs His wheelchair basketball classification was 4.5 which is his place of central. He began practicing wheelchair basketball back in the year 1991 at the age of 15 after being first introduced to it during the high school level by a guest teacher on safety for the spine.

In 1996, Sachs was awarded for the Most Outstanding Individual Performance at the Games by the Australian Paralympic Committee. In 1997 he received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his gold medal in Atlanta. He was a finalist for the Young Australian of the Year Award in 1997 and 1999. In 1999, he was named as one of Cosmopolitan’s 30 most successful people under the age of thirty. He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. Sachs was inducted into the New South Wales Hall of Champions in November 2014. In September 2017, Basketball Australia announced that Sachs would be inducted into its Hall of Fame in

2018. In October 2017, Sachs was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame as an athlete member.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Troy Sachs Dating?

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Sachs was part of the gold medal winning team at the Kiakyushu Cup held in Japan in 2005. He did not compete for the national team at the 2005 Paralympic World Cup due to European club commitments and did not compete in the 2006 World Championships due to injury.

Facts & Trivia

Troy Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Troy Sachs celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

In 2008, Sachs played for Fundacion Polaris World BSR.

Top Facts about Troy Sachs

1. Troy Sachs is a retired Australian wheelchair basketball player.
2. He won three Paralympic gold medals and one silver medal.
3. Sachs was inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame.
4. He played for the Sydney Wheelkings and Wollongong Roller Hawks.
5. Sachs served as captain of the Australian men’s wheelchair basketball team.
6. He was born on January 10, 1977, in Sydney, Australia.
7. Sachs became a quadriplegic at age 9 due to a car accident.
8. He is an advocate for disability rights and inclusion in sports.
9. Sachs has worked as a motivational speaker and mentor for young athletes.
10. In 2010, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia for his contributions to sport and disability advocacy.