WRIGHT Katelyn

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 3 Jan 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: EDMONTON, AB

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : EDMONTON, 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

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

Horse riding, golf, curling, swimming, watching movies, music, travelling, spending time outdoors. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020)

Languages spoken:

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

Position style:

Setter (prnewswire.com, 04 May 2015)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2014. (thenba.ca, 09 Feb 2016)

"I received a message from Jolan Wong, a fellow amputee that I had met through a kayaking and sit-skiing event for amputees, asking me if I wanted to come try sitting volleyball with team Canada at a training camp in Edmonton. I had always liked volleyball but I didn't have any experience outside of high school gym class, so I was nervous and curious as to how I would match up. I fell in love with the sport instantly." (thenba.ca, 09 Feb 2016)

Philosophy:

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional." (Instagram profile, 02 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (thenba.ca, 09 Feb 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (thenba.ca, 09 Feb 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born with a rare condition named Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber [KTW] syndrome, which resulted in her right leg being larger than her left. The size of her right leg caused it to constantly become swollen and infected. In August 2002 she sustained a bacterial infection in her right leg, which led to the limb being amputated above the knee seven months later. In 2014 she had two more centimeteres of the bone amputated as the result of a bone infection. (thenba.ca, 09 Feb 2016)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as an athlete representative for sitting volleyball with AthletesCAN, which represents the interests of national team athletes in Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Feb 2020; canadianathletesnow.ca, 01 Jan 2020; athletescan.com, 01 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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