David Gould (basketball)

David Ian Gould, OAM (born 19 April 1965) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and coach.

David Gould
David Gould's 2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Full nameDavid Ian Gould
NicknameGouldy
Nationality Australia
Born (1965-04-19) 19 April 1965
Adelaide, South Australia
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games – Athlete
1996 Atlanta Men's wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games – Assistant Coach
2012 London Women's wheelchair basketball

Gould was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2000 Sydney Paralympics. He was the top point scorer at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, and won a gold medal as part of the winning 1996 team, for which he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal. In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal. He retired after the 2002 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, but subsequently became assistant coach of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 London Paralympics, where they won silver.

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