OAKES Jennifer

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: CALGARY, AB

Birth 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

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

Jen (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Agricultural Studies - Olds College, Canada

Languages spoken:

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

Position style:

Setter (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Other sports:

She has played able-bodied volleyball for the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Canada. (UBC Okanagan YouTube channel, 20 Oct 2016; usports.ca, 13 Feb 2018)

2015 for Canada (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2015 in Calgary, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

She had played standing volleyball before her accident. "After my accident I wanted to get back to being active as soon as possible. Right when I got back home I sat down and started playing volleyball against the wall, just to get the volleyball back in my hands." (nationalpost.com, 07 Sep 2016; Athlete, 15 Dec 2015; jennoakesjourney.wordpress.com, 25 Nov 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Aug 2021; UBC Okanagan YouTube channel, 20 Oct 2016)

Philosophy:

"Chill out." (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

In 2020 she was named Best Server at the World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event in Halifax, NS, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Classification
VS2 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

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

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Impairment Details
In July 2015 she was hit by a boat she had just fallen out of, and the propeller caused severe damage to her right leg, which had to be amputated below the knee. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015; jennoakesjourney.wordpress.com, 25 Nov 2015)

General
UNIVERSITY TRANSFER
In 2016 she enrolled at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus in Kelowna, BC, Canada, to study kinesiology. In 2018 she transferred to Olds College in Alberta, Canada, and completed a diploma in agriculture management, while also coaching the varsity volleyball team. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Ask.fm: http://ask.fm/jennaaay4
Athlete Blog: https://jennoakesjourney.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.oakes.73
https://instagram.com/_jennoakes
https://twitter.com/oakes_jennifer

Legend

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

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