Cody Meakin
{{Short description|Australian wheelchair rugby player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
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Cody Meakin, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 27 December 1989) is a wheelchair rugby player. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair rugby.
Personal
Cody Meakin was born on 27 December 1989 in Darwin, Northern Territory.{{cite web|author=Butterworth, Ian|url=http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/05/15/303431_ntsport.html |title=Cody fired up for golden opportunity |location=Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |publisher=NT News |date=2012-05-15 |access-date=2012-07-31}} Growing up, he played rugby union for the Casuarina Cougars and Australian rules football with the Waratahs under-14 side. While playing rugby union as part of a tackle during a scrum, he broke his back. In 2008, as a high school student at Canberra Grammar School he was in a car accident in Tennant Creek. In the accident, he damaged his spine leaving him with quadriplegia. In order to receive the best treatment possible for the injury, his parents made the decision to move from Darwin to Adelaide. Most of his high school classmates elected to walk to their year 12 formal in their formal attire, and donated the thousands of Australian dollars they would have otherwise spent on transportation to help defray costs for Meakin's rehabilitation.{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/news/1891692/s/24177272-the-canberra-times-australia-grammar-grads-ditch-limos-for-absent-mate |title=The Canberra Times, Australia: Grammar grads ditch limos for absent mate |publisher=The Canberra Times |date=2008-11-27 |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203154336/http://www.allvoices.com/news/1891692/s/24177272-the-canberra-times-australia-grammar-grads-ditch-limos-for-absent-mate# |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} In 2012, he was living in Brisbane.
Wheelchair rugby
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Meakin is a 2.5 point wheelchair rugby player{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/cody-meakin |title=Cody Meakin |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Australia |year=2012 |access-date=13 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712073320/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/cody-meakin# |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} who took up wheelchair rugby in 2010 during rehabilitation for his spinal injury.
In 2010, Meakin was a member of Gold Coast Wheelchair Rugby Titans in the National Wheelchair Rugby League,{{cite web|url=http://rugby.sports.org.au/teams.htm |title=Wheelchair Rugby Australia — Teams |publisher=Rugby.sports.org.au |access-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070454/http://rugby.sports.org.au/teams.htm |archive-date=2012-09-25 }} and finished the season by being named the league's best new talent.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-8380-0-227492-0&sID=211117 |title=NWRL Award History — National Wheelchair Rugby League |publisher=SportingPulse |access-date=2012-07-31}} He was still with the team in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/our-services/sport/sports-a-z/wheelchair-rugby/jetstar-gc-titans |title=Jetstar Gold Coast Titans Wheelchair Rugby Team |publisher=Sportingwheelies.org.au |access-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409123313/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/our-services/sport/sports-a-z/wheelchair-rugby/jetstar-gc-titans |archive-date=2013-04-09 }}
Meakin played in the Queensland 2011 Wheelchair Rugby State Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/gallery/wheelchair-rugby/2011-wheelchair-rugby-state-championships-the-bash |title=2011 Wheelchair Rugby State Championships |publisher=Sportingwheelies.org.au |access-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318000407/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/gallery/wheelchair-rugby/2011-wheelchair-rugby-state-championships-the-bash |archive-date=2012-03-18 }}
Meakin made his Australia national wheelchair rugby team debut in 2011 at the Great Britain Cup. He competed at the 2012 Canada Cup where he wore shirt number 8.{{cite web |url=http://canadacupwcrugby.com/participants/teams/australia/cody-meakin?page=1&qt-view__athlete_profiles__block=0 |title=Meakin | Coupe Canada Cup 2012 |publisher=Canadacupwcrugby.com |access-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118165441/http://canadacupwcrugby.com/participants/teams/australia/cody-meakin?page=1&qt-view__athlete_profiles__block=0 |archive-date=2013-01-18 }} In May 2012, he participated in a test series against Japan in Sydney.{{cite web |last=Michelmore |first=Karen |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/04/3495850.htm |title=Australia's Steelers smash and crash their way to London - |publisher=ABC Sydney — Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2012-05-04 |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-date=15 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515022433/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/04/3495850.htm |url-status=live }} He was the newest and least experienced member of the Australian national team in the competition. In the fourth game won by Australia with a score of 47 – 44, he scored two goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwrf.com/?page=iwrf_news&id=75 |title=International Wheelchair Rugby Federation : IWRF News |publisher=IWRF |date=2012-05-05 |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-date=10 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910233006/http://www.iwrf.com/?page=iwrf_news&id=75 |url-status=live }} He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair rugby. Going into London, his team was ranked second in the world behind the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.camperdownchronicle.com.au/index.php/sports-replica/item/296-hose-realises-london-dream |title=Hose realises London dream |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle |date=2012-05-08 |access-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100633/http://www.camperdownchronicle.com.au/index.php/sports-replica/item/296-hose-realises-london-dream |archive-date=2014-02-02 }} Prior to departing for London, he participated in a national team training camp in Darwin in late July.{{cite web |url=http://www.territoryfm.com/node/1109 |title=Wheelchair Rugby — Darwin Exhibition Match |publisher=104.1 Territory FM |date=2012-07-27 |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220325/http://www.territoryfm.com/node/1109 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} He was part of the team that won the gold medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-rugby/event/mixed-open/teams/team=australia-wrx400aus01/ |title=Mixed Wheelchair Rugby - Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby |access-date=12 September 2012 |publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=12 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912001642/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-rugby/event/mixed-open/teams/team=australia-wrx400aus01/ |url-status=live }} The Australian team went through the five-day tournament undefeated.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/news/articles/batt-wings-australia-gold.html |title=Batt stars as Australia win gold |date=9 September 2012 |access-date=12 September 2012 |publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=12 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912084830/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/news/articles/batt-wings-australia-gold.html |url-status=live }}
He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064 |title=Australia Day honours list 2014: in full |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622025403/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064 |url-status=live }}
References
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Category:Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Australia
Category:Wheelchair rugby players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Category:Sportsmen from the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Sportsmen from the Northern Territory
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby