 Pollock first competed at the 1997 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Madrid , Spain winning silver . Two years later , he played in the 1999 European Championships in Roermond , Netherlands . He ended in fourth place with his team . In 2000 , he was a member of Team GB in the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games , held in Sydney , Australia . Along with his team , they finished in fourth place ; out of the medals . In 2001 – 02 , he finished in fourth place at the 2001 / 2002 European championships in Amsterdam , Netherlands . In the 2002 World Championships , he won silver , in Kitakyushu , Japan . He participated in the 2003 European Championships , in Sassari , Italy . He won bronze in this event . In the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens , Greece , he was in medal position . He finished , along with his team , in the bronze medal position . Two years after the Paralympics , he was at the 2006 World Championships in Amsterdam . He finished in fifth position . The following year , Pollock was at the 2007 European Championships , in Wetzlar , Netherlands . Along with his team , he finished in silver medal position . The following year , he was a member of the squad in the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing . Here , he won his second Paralympic bronze . In 2009 he won bronze in the European championships in Adana , southern Turkey . In 2010 , he finished fifth , along with his team , in the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships , held in Birmingham . At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , Pollock and the GB team got through to the semi @-@ finals after beating Turkey , but lost against Canada 52 — 69 , keeping them out of medal position . 
