CRONAU Shelley

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 29 May 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.5

Place of residence : VIGO

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women AUS Australia	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 AUS Australia 47 JPN Japan 73	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #06 GER Germany 77 AUS Australia 58	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #35 AUS Australia 38 GBR Great Britain 75	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #44 CAN Canada 76 AUS Australia 37	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 9/10 #51 AUS Australia 71 ALG Algeria 32	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
6	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN
9	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Iberconsa Amfiv [Spain]

Craig Friday [national], AUS

Position style:

Guard (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

2011 for Australia (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (bsr.feddf.es, 01 Jul 2021)

She took up wheelchair basketball in 2010. (artiosport.com, 14 Jul 2020)

She was inspired to take up Para sports after watching the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. "Since I was little I grew up practising various sports, and when I had the accident I thought it was over. But later I learned about Para sports. From then on, my dream has been to be able to play at the Paralympic Games." (artiosport.com, 14 Jul 2020; australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (artiosport.com, 14 Jul 2020)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Thinktank Social YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2020)

Her grandmother. "After my accident, it was my grandmother who believed in me, even more than I believed in myself, and since my grandmother passed away [in 2014], I always think of her in difficult moments to be able to continue playing." (Thinktank Social YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2020; artiosport.com, 14 Jul 2020)

She won the 2014 Sporting Wheelie of the Year award from the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association in Queensland, Australia. (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018; 26 Nov 2014)

She was named Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League Rookie of the Year in 2010. (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

Impairment Details
In 2007 she had an accident which resulted in a crushed spinal cord and fractured skull. (Thinktank Social YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2020; australia.basketball, 01 Sep 2018)

General
CONTACT SPORT
She played rugby league and touch football growing up, and originally wanted to take up wheelchair rugby after her accident. "I hated basketball, because growing up I wasn't tall, I was this little thing walking around. But I played rugby league, touch football. I never practised individual sport, so I'm always a team player. So then I came across wheelchair rugby first, I saw it for two minutes, and I was like, 'that's it, that's me'. The amount of contacts was just like rugby league. Unfortunately, for me at the time, wheelchair rugby was played for people with quadriplegia, and that wasn't me. And then I went to the next best 'non-contact' sport which was wheelchair basketball. So I looked at it, and it was 'crash, crash, crash', that's me. It called my attention because of its level of contact." (Thinktank Social YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2020; artiosport.com, 14 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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