Tom McHugh (basketball)

Thomas "Tom" McHugh is a 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He has been selected to represent Australia at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Biography
Mchugh was born with bone and tissue issues and this led him to using a wheelchair to play sport. He attended Swan Valley Anglican Community School.

Basketball
In 2016, at the age of 14, he was the youngest member of the Spinners, Australia's under-23 wheelchair basketball team. He was a member of the Rollers team at the 2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships in Thailand, where they won the gold medal and qualified for 2024 Summer Paralympics.

He has played in the German Wheelchair Basketball club with Hannover United and helped them win the 2023 EuroCup3 title for the first time.