MELLBERG Bree

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 14 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 3.0

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

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

Jigsaws, travelling. (upstart.net.au, 04 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Researcher, Student

Biomedical Science - LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Languages spoken:

Victorian Institute of Sport [VIS] [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

Craig Friday [national]

Other sports:

Before her accident she competed in gymnastics and diving at national level in Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017; latrobe.edu.au, 29 Mar 2021)

2017 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

She took up the sport as part of her rehabilitation after her accident. "I found my involvement in sport previously helped me immensely in rehab and was determined to be the best version of myself. In challenging the limits of my disability I came across wheelchair basketball and instantly loved it. Having experience of being an athlete, I knew how to be challenged in sport and push my body. It was a very freeing feeling to be pushing fast and being active again." (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017; latrobe.edu.au, 29 Mar 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. She also aspires to work as a university lecturer. (Instagram profile, 31 Jul 2021; paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

Australian wheelchair tennis player Daniela Di Toro. (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

Philosophy:

"Every day, think as you wake up, 'Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive, I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it'." [XIV Dalai Lama] (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

In 2015 she received the Emerging Gilder award at the Women's Festival of Wheelchair Basketball in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

General Interest

Classification
3.0 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017)

Impairment Details
In 2013 she broke her neck in a trampolining accident. (paralympic.org.au, 18 Feb 2017; latrobe.edu.au, 29 Mar 2021)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2019 she began studying for a PhD degree in the field of cancer biology, cell polarity and tissue architecture at LeTrobe University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. She aspires to work as a university lecturer in the future and says she will reconsider her wheelchair basketball career after competing at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I am wanting to understand this process [cell polarity] and its relationship to cancer growth. This process is very important for cell vitality and therefore has many worldly applications including cancer research, space travel and overall cell well-being in an individual. I have always been fascinated with how the body works and its capacity to adapt to disease. After [the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo], I will reassess my career in sport. I am not one to plan my future too much as I have learnt how unpredictable the world can be. My career in science is something I'm so passionate about. Ultimately, I would like to both teach and be involved in research as I am a strong believer in passing on the knowledge to the younger generation and inspiring them to be the best version of themselves." (latrobe.edu.au, 29 Mar 2021; upstart.net.au, 04 Aug 2020)

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Legend

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

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