Jeremy Doyle
{{short description|Australian wheelchair basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2011}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jeremy Doyle
| image = 140611 - Jeremy Doyle - 3a - 2012 Team processing.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Doyle
| full_name = Jeremy George Doyle
| nickname = JD
| nationality = {{AUS}}
| club = Wenty Wheelkings
| collegeteam =
| birth_date = 2 November 1983
| birth_place = Wagga Wagga
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|18|1983|11|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Sydney, Australia
| height =
| weight =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic World Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Manchester | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Birmingham | Team}}
}}
Jeremy "JD" Doyle (2 November 1983 – 18 December 2011) was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He became paraplegic due to being run over by a truck and competed in the 2009 Paralympic World Cup and the 2010 World Championship. He died of cancer in 2011 at the age of 28.
Early and personal life
Doyle was born on 19 November 1983.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=817|title=Jeremy Doyle|publisher=Basketball Australia|access-date=19 December 2011|archive-date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210051010/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=817|url-status=dead}} He became a paraplegic at the age of four after being struck by a car.{{cite web|url=http://www.dontdismyability.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors_2009|access-date=19 December 2011|title=2009 Don't DIS my ABILITY Ambassadors|publisher=New South Wales Government|date=2 November 2011|archive-date=1 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201140338/http://www.dontdismyability.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors_2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/diver-mitcham-wins-top-gong/story-e6frg7mf-1225955982975|access-date=19 December 2011|newspaper=The Australian|location=Sydney, Australia|title=Diver Mitcham wins top gong|first=Nicole|last=Jeffery|date=19 November 2010}} He worked for ING in 2009. In 2009, Doyle was named a Don't DIS my ABILITY Ambassador.
At the 2010 New South Wales Institute of Sport Awards, he was honoured for his "Outstanding Achievement".{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/geoff-huegills-memorable-moment-a-big-winner-at-nswis-awards-night/story-e6frey6i-1225956495039|access-date=19 December 2011|title=Geoff Huegill's memorable moment a big winner at NSWIS awards night|first=Amanda|last=Lulham|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=19 November 2010 }} In 2010, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.{{cite web|access-date=19 December 2011|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/wheelchair-basketballer-jeremy-doyle-has-lost-his-battle-with-cancer/story-e6frey6i-1226225842547|date=19 December 2011|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|title=Wheelchair basketballer Jeremy Doyle has lost his battle with cancer}} In August 2011, while he was preparing for the 2012 London Paralympics, the cancer returned and he was diagnosed as terminally ill.{{cite news|url=http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/hospital-wedding-for-couple-who-captured-our-heart/2384166.aspx |access-date=19 December 2011 |title=Hospital wedding for couple who captured our heart |first=Megan |last=Gorrey |date=7 December 2011 |newspaper=Macarthur Advertiser |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061625/http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/hospital-wedding-for-couple-who-captured-our-heart/2384166.aspx |archive-date=26 April 2012 }} On 2 December 2011, Doyle married Melanie Carr, whom he had met online in April 2011, at Campbelltown Hospital. He died from cancer on 18 December 2011 in Sydney, aged 28.
Career
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| quote = Jeremy was an outstanding athlete and an inspirational individual who lived life to the fullest. He will be dearly missed by not only the Australian Paralympics family but by all who knew him. He wanted to get to the London Paralympics and I have no doubt he would have made it.
| source = Australian Paralympic Committee CEO Jason Hellwig}}
Doyle was a basketball point guard and guard. He was classified as a 1 point player. He had a wheelchair basketball scholarship from the New South Wales Institute of Sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.nswis.com.au/Sports/Basketball/Scholarship_Athletes_8.aspx |access-date=19 December 2011 |title=NSWIS Basketball and Wheelchair Basketball Scholarship Holders |publisher=New South Wales Institute of Sport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813153303/http://www.nswis.com.au/Sports/Basketball/Scholarship_Athletes_8.aspx |archive-date=13 August 2011 }} His basketball teammates nicknamed him JD.{{cite web|url=http://www.nswis.com.au/Newsroom/NSWIS_News/Vale_Jeremy_Doyle.aspx |access-date=19 December 2011 |title=Vale Jeremy Doyle |publisher=Basketball Australia |date=19 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614174612/http://www.nswis.com.au/Newsroom/NSWIS_News/Vale_Jeremy_Doyle.aspx |archive-date=14 June 2012 }} His jersey number was 14.
He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, and made his team debut in 2009 at the Paralympic World Cup. He also competed at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1214|publisher=Basketball Australia|access-date=11 September 2011|year=2010|title=Basketball Australia : 2010 WC Team|archive-date=25 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025175845/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1214|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sports.org.au/newsletter/19-2010/92-july-2010.html |date=July 2010 |access-date=11 September 2011 |title=World Championship Teams Named |work=Australian Athletes With a Disability Newsletter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408065015/http://www.sports.org.au/newsletter/19-2010/92-july-2010.html |archive-date= 8 April 2011 }} The team won a gold medal in both.{{cite web|access-date=11 September 2011|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1206|year=2010|publisher=Basketball Australia|title=Rollers Int History|archive-date=18 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918012149/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=1206|url-status=dead}}
He competed at the 2009 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship, where his team finished first. He was chosen to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. His last appearance for the national team was at the 2011 Tri-Nations Series in Canberra, Australia, where he scored 8 points and had one assist in the 30 June match against the Netherlands. At the time, he was coached by Ben Ettridge.
Doyle first played in the National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2007. He played for the Wenty Wheelkings, making his debut as a starter for the team in 2008. In 2009, he was playing for the Sydney Wheelkings.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=11-4219-0-0-0&sID=71792&articleID=8843697&news_task=DETAIL|access-date=19 December 2011|title=Rollers Paralympic World Cup Team announced|first=Bill|last=Baxter|publisher=National Wheelchair Basketball League|date=11 April 2009}}
Doyle also played wheelchair hockey; he was a member of Australia's national team. He played his club electric wheelchair hockey for the New South Wales team, the Hawks.{{cite web|url=http://www.aewha.org.au/teams/index.html |access-date=19 December 2011 |year=2011 |publisher=Australian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association (NSW) |title=Teams |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061637/http://www.aewha.org.au/teams/index.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 }} As of December 2011, he is the league's leading scorer for the 2011/2012 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.aewha.org.au/statistics/index.html |access-date=19 December 2011 |publisher=Australian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association (NSW |title=2011/2012 Season Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062103/http://www.aewha.org.au/statistics/index.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}
Doyle participated at the World Cyber Games in Counter-Strike, where he represented Australia in 2001 and again in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.worldcybergames.net/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C07042511511 |title=Australian Counter-Strike Team Attracts Strong Attention |publisher=World Cyber Games |date=6 December 2001 |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062756/http://www.worldcybergames.net/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C07042511511 |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.dicevip.com/forums/thread/34749-World-Cyber-Games-Australian-History |title=World Cyber Games Australian History |publisher=diceVIP |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324020612/http://www.dicevip.com/forums/thread/34749-World-Cyber-Games-Australian-History |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}
References
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External links
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Jeremy_Doyle.ogg|date=2011-12-21}}
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- {{Twitter|JeremyDoyle14}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061637/http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/a-perfect-romance-races-against-time/2376117.aspx |title=A perfect romance races against time in the Campbelltown – Macarthur Advertiser }}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061648/http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/two-strong-hearts-united-in-hospital/2391786.aspx |title=Two strong hearts united in hospital in the Campbelltown – Macarthur Advertiser }}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211065711/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/vale-jeremy-doyle |title=Vale Jeremy Doyle on the Australian Paralympic Committee website }}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425142529/http://benettridge.blogspot.com/2011/12/vale-jeremy-doyle.html |title=Vale Jeremy Doyle by Ben Ettridge, Rollers coach }}
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Category:Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia
Category:Deaths from bladder cancer
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:People with paraplegia
Category:Deaths from cancer in New South Wales