FERGUSSON Anne

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 11 Oct 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: SMITHS FALLS, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : CARLETON PLACE, ON

Residence Country:

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

Annie (Facebook profile, 12 Nov 2016)

Reading, spending time outdoors. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Mechanical Engineering - Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

2015 for Canada, International Tournament in Toronto, Canada (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2013. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

While a student at Carleton Place High School in Ontario, Canada, one of her standing volleyball coaches, Caroline Sharp, told her about sitting volleyball. "I YouTubed it and decided it was the coolest thing ever." She was put in contact with one of the Canadian women's sitting volleyball coaches and given the opportunity to try the sport. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; smith.queensu.ca, 16 Jan 2018; thestar.com, 28 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Impairment Details
She was born without her left hand. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has been a representative for the Child Amputee Program of Canadian charity The War Amps, which supports people with amputations in the country, and has also been an advocate for their Operation Legacy programme. In 2016, she was presented with a Certificate of Recognition by the mayor of Carleton Place in Ontario, Canada, for her involvement with The War Amps. "They are an amazing organisation and have supported me so much growing up as a child amputee. I feel honoured to get to be a role model for others, especially when I think of all the people with limb differences and athletes I looked up to growing up." (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; thestar.com, 28 Jul 2021)

FURTHER STUDIES
After completing a degree in mechanical engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Canada in 2017, she was given a scholarship to attend a four-month programme at the university to study for a graduate diploma in business, business administration and management. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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