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Dylan Martin Alcott, AO (born 4 December 1990) is an Australian former wheelchair tennis player, former wheelchair basketball player, radio host and motivational speaker. Alcott was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, known colloquially as the Australian "Rollers".
Dylan Alcott (born December 4, 1990, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an athlete who successfully competed in several Paralympic Games in the early 21st century in both basketball and tennis. The Paralympics, which are comparable to the Olympic Games, are a major international sports competition for athletes with disabilities. Alcott won ...
Sep 4, 2021 · An emotional Dylan Alcott has bowed out of the Paralympics in the best possible fashion, clinching gold in the quad wheelchair singles final in Tokyo to keep his "golden slam" dream alive. Key points: Alcott defended the singles gold medal he won at the 2016 Rio Games.
Jan 26, 2022 · Disability advocate, athlete, Paralympian and philanthropist Dylan Alcott has made history in becoming the first Australian of the Year with a visible disability.
Jan 27, 2022 · Dylan Alcott, who this week was named Australian of the year, waved to fans after losing the men’s singles quad wheelchair final at the Australian Open in the final match of his career. Credit...
Few people win Paralympic Games medals in both basketball and tennis. Dylan Alcott is among that small group, joined only by American Randy Snow and Dutchwoman Maaike Smit. Alcott's disability is paraplegia; he was left paraplegic after surgery as an infant to remove a tumour on his spinal cord.
Jan 27, 2022 · Dylan Alcott, the quad wheelchair tennis great whose impact on the sport has long-since transcended the court, enters retirement today after his last campaign at the Australian Open, which ended with defeat in the quad singles final against Netherlands' Sam Schroder.
Nov 9, 2021 · World number one Dylan Alcott will retire after January's Australian Open, where he will seek a record-extending eighth successive wheelchair quad singles title.
Sep 13, 2021 · It was fitting that when Australia's Dylan Alcott clinched the US Open quad singles title to complete the first men's Golden Slam in tennis history, he did so on a big stadium court at Louis ...
At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, wheelchair basketball-turned-wheelchair tennis star Dylan Alcott realised his dream of winning a second Paralympic gold medal in a second sport when he and doubles partner Heath Davidson defeated reigning champions Nick Taylor and David Wagner (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 5-7 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
