VAIR Payden

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of residence : LETHBRIDGE, AB

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

Previous names:

Spending time outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping, horse riding. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Education - Lethbridge University, Canada

Husband Carson Vair

Languages spoken:

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

Other sports:

Before her accident, she played football for Lethbridge University in Alberta, Canada, where she was named 2018 Rookie of the Year. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

2019 for Canada, Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2019 in Canada. (signalhfx.ca, 05 Mar 2020)

During the recovery from her accident Canadian women's sitting volleyball team members Jennifer Oakes, Shacarra Orr and Julie Kozun visited her. She had never heard of sitting volleyball but became interested after the meeting and contacted coach Nicole Ban, who invited her to a training camp. "When I was in the hospital there were a couple girls that came in and talked to me about their amputations. And then they would just kind of slide in, 'Oh yeah, I play volleyball for Canada!' So I went up there and realised that this was something I was interested in, and it took off from there." (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; globalnews.ca, 16 Aug 2019)

Outside of sitting volleyball, she hopes to become an elementary school teacher and start playing football again. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (paralympic.ca, 02 Jul 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.ca, 02 Jul 2020)

Impairment Details
In 2018 she was involved in a lawnmower accident at her parents' house in Cardston, AB, Canada, which paramedics were unable to reach for almost an hour due to the remote location. Her right leg was amputated below the knee and she underwent reconstruction on her left heel. (paralympic.ca, 02 Jul 2020; signalhfx.ca, 05 Mar 2020)

General
FINDING A NEW SPORT
She says she feared about her future in sport following her accident, having played football at university and tried a number of sports growing up. "I felt like my life was over, my whole life was sports and with my leg gone, I didn't know how I was going to compete. Sports have always been my way to escape everything, be happy and enjoy what I'm doing. Sitting volleyball gave me a way to release my energy, give myself a focus and find a purpose again. It's nice to connect with a bunch of girls that understand what I'm going through. Our team is amazing because we've all been through such traumatic injuries and everything, so we can all really relate together, and it's just such a strong group of girls." (signalhfx.ca, 05 Mar 2020; paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; globalnews.ca, 16 Aug 2019)

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Legend

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

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