BLAIR Jannik

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: HORSHAM, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : BILBAO

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #10 AUS Australia 81 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 39	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #16 ALG Algeria 37 AUS Australia 83	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #29 AUS Australia 64 GER Germany 53	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #40 USA United States 66 AUS Australia 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #49 AUS Australia 69 GBR Great Britain 70	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #59 JPN Japan 61 AUS Australia 55	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 5/6 #69 TUR Turkey 58 AUS Australia 74	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Men	2012	London, GBR
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
3	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER

The Bizzness (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

Occupation:

Business Administration, Commerce - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Languages spoken:

Bidaideak Bilbao BSR [Spain]

Craig Friday [national]

Position style:

Guard (australia.basketball, 16 Aug 2018)

2009 for Australia, Qualification Tournament in Melbourne, Australia (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

He burst a bursa in his elbow in a match against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the quarterfinals of the 2013 U23 World Championships in Adana, Turkey. (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (tokyo2020.org, 11 Feb 2021)

He began playing wheelchair basketball in 2005 at age 13 in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

He attended an Australian Paralympic Committee [APC] talent search day in Ballarat, VIC, Australia, and decided to take the sport seriously from then on. (vis.org.au, 15 Nov 2011)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 11 Feb 2021)

Australian wheelchair basketball player Shaun Groenewegen. (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

He was named to the All Star team at the 2019 Euroleague 1 Finals. (iwbf.org, 01 May 2019)

He was named the 2011 Wheelchair Basketball Player of the Year by Basketball Victoria in Australia. (mailtimes.com.au, 05 Jul 2012)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (paralympic.org.au, 27 Nov 2019)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 10 May 2016)

Impairment Details
At age 12 he was driving his grandfather's car in a dirt paddock when it flipped and rolled. He broke his back and wrist, and sustained a collapsed lung, resulting in paraplegia. (paralympic.org.au, 15 Nov 2011; Athlete, 10 May 2016)

General
SPANISH MOVE
He has played wheelchair basketball in Spain with Bidaideak Bilbao BSR since 2016 but after the 2020 he is considering a club move. "It's been an awesome experience, but I think I'm more leaning toward something new. New teammates, new city, new experience, while some still relatively young and can do it. I want to try to experience as much as I can in Europe." (tokyo2020.org, 11 Feb 2021)

OTHER STUDIES
He has studied international business at the University of Missouri in the United States of America. (Facebook profile, 23 Oct 2018; australia.basketball, 16 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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