Decorated Canadian wheelchair basketball player Patrick Andreson announces retirement

One of the most decorated Canadian basketball players of all time has retired.

Patrick Anderson, who led the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team to three Paralympic gold medals and a silver, says last year’s Paralympic Games in Paris was his last.

The 45-year-old from Fergus, Ont., has been called the Michael Jordan of wheelchair basketball.

Anderson was one of Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremonies in Paris. He scored 31 points and had 11 rebounds in the bronze-medal game that Canada lost to Germany.