Thomas Boers

What age are you?
19

What is your local Branch?
Grampian Disability Sport

Where do you live?
Aberdeen

Why did you get involved in the YPSP?
To be a bigger part of the disabled community in Scotland.

What sport(s) are you involved in?
Wheelchair basketball. I’m now playing for the Grampian Flyers.

What is your classification?
4.0

What is your best achievement, sporting or otherwise?
I’ve played in the EuroLeague 2 for two seasons, where my club ended as the highest amateur club in Europe.

What are your sporting (or other) highlights?
I started at the junior team in Amsterdam, and I’ve played there 6 years, until I left to study in Scotland. At first I was the youngest player, but I ended up captain and coaching the team. With the premier team, we’ve headed the national competition in the Netherlands for 3 years straight.

Sporting (or other) hero?
Mendel op den Orth