Jai Waite
New Zealand wheelchair rugby player
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| Born | 3 November 1976 (1976-11-03) (age 47) New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Documentary Film Editor | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Rebecca Waite (Kennedy) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Disability | C5/6 Quadriplegic | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jai Waite (born 3 November 1976) is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.
Jai competed for the wheel blacks at two paralympics, firstly in 2004 when they won the gold medal and also in the 2008 Summer Paralympics tournament where they placed fifth.[1]
Jai has gone on to a successful career as a documentary film editor, winning 2 Apollo Awards for Best Editing (Factual/Drama),[2] and twice receiving the award for Best Editing (Australia/New Zealand) Asian Academy Creative Awards.[3]
References
External links
- Jai Waite at Paralympics New Zealand
- Jai Waite at the International Paralympic Committee
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2008 New Zealand Paralympic team
- Terry Faleva'ai
- Jess Hamill
- Kate Horan
- Tim Prendergast
- Matt Slade
- Keri Bonner
- Henk Dijkstra
- Greig Jackson
- Jeremy Morriss
- Liam Sanders
- Amanda Slade
- Maurice Toon
- Annemarie Donaldson
- Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)
- Jayne Parsons
- Fiona Southorn
- Paula Tesoriero
- George Taamaru
- Michael Johnson
- Cameron Leslie
- Sophie Pascoe
- Daniel Sharp
- Daniel Buckingham
- Tim Johnson
- David Klinkhamer
- Curtis Palmer
- Sholto Taylor
- Geremy Tinker
- Jai Waite
- Adam Wakeford
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