Matthew Wilton
Biography:
Matthew Wilton first discovered wheelchair basketball while driving around Winnipeg with his mother. Wilton was in the car when they went past a Team Manitoba practice outside a local library and decided to try the sport.
Wilton, born with spine bifida, has tried other parasports such as swimming, archery, and fencing but has always returned to his first love: wheelchair basketball. Wilton started playing wheelchair basketball when he was nine and met Joey Johnson in 2014 when the Team Canada alum helped him design his first sport chair.
Wilton made his Team Canada debut at the 2022 IWBF Men’s U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
Interesting Facts
- Nickname: Muscles
- Counts Thailand as one of his favourite vacation spots
- Has a cat named Sylvia
- Favourite workout is the bench press
Major International Competition
| Tournament |  |
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Other |
| U23 Men’s World Championship: 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th (’22), 9th (’25) |
Career Notes
2025: Named to Team Canada’s Men’s Under-23 World Championship roster… Qualified for Under-23 World Championship with a 55-54 victory over Brazil in semifinals at the IWBF Men’s U23 Americas Championship in Bogotá, Colombia…Competed with Manitoba at the National Championships in Oshawa, Ont.
2024: 2nd place finish with Canadian NextGen Team at Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Kitakyushu, Japan…
2023: 4th place with Team Manitoba at the Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2022: 3rd place at the IWBF America’s Men’s Under-23 Americas Championship in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico… 10th place at the IWBF Men’s U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship… 5th at 2022 Junior National Championship with Team Manitoba in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2019: 7th place finish at the Canada Winter Games with Team Manitoba in Red Deer, Alta.
2018: 7th place finish with Team Manitoba at the Junior National Championship in Longueuil, Que.