Jeremy Synot

Jeremy James Synot (born 7 July 1988) is a former Australian wheelchair basketball player and current National Wheelchair Basketball League Head Coach of the RSL Queensland Spinning Bullets. Synot was born in Essendon, Victoria to parents Donna and Paul. He is the 3rd eldest of 3 boys and 3 girls. Synot was born with a rare condition known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Brittle Bones Disease (Type IV), which meant he was prone to bone fractures from a young age. In his early years of life, preventative surgeries were undertaken to limit severity and frequency of fractures; particularly in his right femur. He has two siblings who also had the rare bone condition. Synot attended Greenvale Primary School from 1994 to 2000 and completed his Victorian Certificate of Education at Penola Catholic College from 2001 to 2006. He was taught P.E by former Richmond and West Coast AFL/VFL player Richard Geary. In 2010, he achieved an undergraduate degree in Health Science at Monash University. In 2014, he completed a graduate diploma in Middle Years Education at the Queensland University of Technology. Synot started his sporting career as a junior wheelchair tennis player at Kingsville Tennis Club, 10 minutes west of Melbourne's CBD. He was a consistent performer achieving semi final placings at the Bendigo Open in 2001 and 2002. Synot competed in the junior doubles at the 2001 Australian Open where he was partnered with longtime friend and Australian Tennis representative Ben Beare to reach the final. Beare and Synot were defeated in the final by Heath Davidson and 2015 Australian Wheelchair Open Quad Singles Champion Dylan Alcott in a 3rd-set tiebreaker. Synot took a break until 2007 to focus on school and university before a chance interaction with former doubles partner Ben Beare led him back into sport. Synot played wheelchair basketball for 9 months before being selected to play for Victoria at the 2007 Junior Nationals, held in Narrabeen, New South Wales. He would go on to play a consistent tournament before breaking his arm in the semi-final against Western Australia.