Tamara Steeves
Canadian wheelchair basketball player
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Born | (1989-09-23) September 23, 1989 (age 34) Etobicoke, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tamara Steeves (born September 23, 1989) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Etobicoke, Ontario who won a gold medal in the 2009 Artland Open which was hosted in Quakenbruck, Germany and in 2011 bronze medal at Osaka Cup which was hosted in Osaka, Japan. She also won a silver medal at Canada Games in her home town Ontario the same year.[1]
In 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which was given to her by Minister of State Bal Gosal.[2]
In 2016 she was chosen to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She was also ranked as top athlete with a disability by the Mississauga Sports Council in 2012.[3]
References
- ^ "Tamara Steeves". Wheelchair basketball Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ "Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Olympic.ca. December 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
- ^ a b Ian Colphis (May 31, 2016). "Mississauga's Tamara Steeves picked for Paralympic wheelchair basketball team". The Mississauga News. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
External links
- Tamara Steeves at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Tamara Steeves at the International Paralympic Committee
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Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team – 2016 Summer Paralympics
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- 4 Tamara Steeves
- 5 Janet McLachlan
- 6 Arinn Young
- 7 Cindy Ouellet
- 8 Rosalie Lalonde
- 9 Amanda Yan
- 10 Katie Harnock
- 11 Darda Sales
- 12 Tracey Ferguson
- 13 Jamey Jewells
- 14 Erica Gavel
- 15 Melanie Hawtin
- Coach: Bill Johnson
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