ELLIS Danielle

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 17 Nov 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: WHITE ROCK, BC

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

Danny ["Danielle was always too long, so my teammates started shortening it. Now it's what everyone in the athletic world knows me as."] (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Science - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

Nicole Ban [national], CAN

She suffered a shoulder injury during a match at the 2010 World Championships in the United States of America. It took approximately six weeks to regain full movement of her shoulder. (Athlete, 08 Mar 2011)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2007 in Surrey, BC, Canada. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

"I had played standing volleyball throughout high school and was told about the opportunity to play sitting volleyball, so I started playing at a drop-in clinic at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in British Columbia. From there the team started in Canada and I've loved it ever since." (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ca.news.yahoo.com, 22 Jul 2021)

Canadian sitting volleyball player Jolan Wong. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Philosophy:

"Work hard. Play hard. You get out what you put in." (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

In 2020 she was named Most Outstanding Player of the World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event in Halifax, NS, Canada. (paralympic.org, 10 Mar 2020)

She was named Best Defender at the 2011 Parapan American Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (volleyball.ca, 01 Oct 2011)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

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

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Impairment Details
At two weeks old she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a type of soft tissue cancer. As a result of the condition, her leg was amputated below the knee in 1992. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

General
HIATUS
She stepped away from international sitting volleyball after Canada failed to qualify for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She returned to the national team in 2016 after being invited to try-out for a place for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (bclocalnews.com, 12 Jul 2016)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has completed the primary care paramedic programme at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in New Westminster, BC, Canada, and has worked as an emergency medical dispatcher. (bclocalnews.com, 12 Jul 2016; Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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