DOLEZAR Angelena

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 12 Jun 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: ST. ALBERT, AB

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : CANADA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women CAN Canada	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #02 BRA Brazil 3 CAN Canada 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #05 ITA Italy 1 CAN Canada 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #12 CAN Canada 3 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Semifinals #16 CHN China 3 CAN Canada 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Bronze Match #17 BRA Brazil 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
7	Women	2018	Netherlands

Ange (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

Snowboarding. (Twitter profile, 28 Feb 2017)

Biology - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, French, Sign Language - American

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

2015 for Canada, Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

In February 2020 she underwent surgery on her left leg for a new implant in her femur [thigh bone]. (ckpgtoday.ca, 01 Apr 2020)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2015 in Edmonton, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

She was contacted by coach Nicole Ban, who had heard she had been a competitive athlete and reached out to ask if she would be interested in playing sitting volleyball. "I wanted to build a new identity as a Para athlete. I had always played a team sport before my accident and it felt like a natural fit to join another team-based sport." (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016; paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Canadian Para athlete Terry Fox, US surfer Bethany Hamilton. (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

Canadian sitting volleyball player Larry Matthews. (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

Philosophy:

"Give everything, always try." (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 07 Jan 2016)

Impairment Details
In August 2013 she was riding an inflatable tube being pulled by a boat on Shuswap Lake, BC, Canada, when she was thrown off when the boat turned a corner. She dislocated her left knee, fractured her tibia and severed the popliteal artery behind her knee. The leg was amputated above the knee the following month, and she spent six months in hospital recovering. (paralympic.ca, Sep 2016; theglobeandmail.com, 26 Dec 2014; paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

General
SECOND CHANCE
She says the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo worked in her favour after she underwent surgery on her left leg in February 2020. "It would have been a huge challenge [to recover by the original dates for the Games]. I'm ecstatic the Games are postponed. It doesn't seem like anybody else in my programme is ecstatic, so I try to curb my enthusiasm as much as I can. A year allows me to actually dedicate myself to recovering and then return to sport as opposed to balancing both at the same time within six months." (ckpgtoday.ca, 01 Apr 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in French language and literature at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB, Canada in 2008, she also earned a degree in secondary education and teaching from the same university in 2012. She plans to return to the University of Alberta in the northern hemisphere autumn of 2021 to begin her master's degree in education and counselling. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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