Birmingham, 28 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
The Australian team performed strongly at the IBSA World Games in Great Britain, with four players winning gold medals.
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games are the largest high-level international event for visually impaired athletes and were held in Birmingham from 18-27 August.
An 11-member Australian team claimed a total of nine medals. With five of these gold, Australia was the top-performing nation at the event.
Grace Hobbs, a 20-year-old from New South Wales, scooped two gold medals. As did Mick Leigh from New South Wales and Victorian Ross Patterson.
Other medal winners included New South Wales teen Courtney Webeck and South Australian Mark Haskett.
While Arato Kasato-Green, the youngest member of the Australian team at 11 years old, won multiple medals too – silver in doubles and bronze in singles.
| IBSA World Games 2023 Australian medal winners |
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| Player | Medal |
| Grace Hobbs | Gold (B2/4 women’s doubles) Gold (B4/5 women’s singles) |
| Michael Leigh | Gold (B3 men’s singles) Gold (B2/4 men’s doubles) |
| Ross Patterson | Gold (B4/5 men’s singles) Gold (B2/4 men’s doubles) |
| Courtney Webeck | Gold (B2/4 women’s doubles) Bronze (B2 women’s singles) |
| Mark Haskett | Silver (B2 men’s singles) Silver (B2/4 men’s doubles) |
| Arato Katsuda-Green | Silver (B2/4 men’s doubles) Bronze (B4/5 men’s singles) |
> VIEW: Full results from the IBSA World Games
More than 1000 athletes from 70 nations competed across multiple sports at the IBSA World Games, which are held every four years.
This was the first time that Tennis Australia has supported a blind and low vision (BLV) team at an international event.
The Australian team is now travelling to Poland to compete at the IBTA BLV World Tennis Championships this week.
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