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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".
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 · Dylan Alcott made history on Tuesday night in becoming the first person with a visible disability to be made Australian of the Year in the award's 62-year history.
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.
Sep 13, 2021 · From the start Dylan Alcott was hard to ignore — but after two Paralympic careers, a string of major titles and now a Golden Slam, the Greatest Showman has transformed wheelchair tennis, writes ...
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.
Jan 27, 2022 · “He’s inspired a nation. He’s inspired the whole globe.” Alcott, 31, announced in November that this Australian Open would be his final tournament, drawing a finish line for a dominant career in...
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.
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.
Dylan Alcott. Age 33. Born 4 December 1990. Birth Place Melbourne, Australia. Lives Melbourne, Australia. Plays Right-handed. Coach Francois Vogelsberger. Playing Status Retired. FOLLOW. “I used to have an expectation to win ... Now my expectation is to just be the best version of Dylan.” — Dylan Alcott, 1 Feb 2020.
