DANDENEAU Kathleen

Canada
Wheelchair Basketball
25 Jan 1990
31
Female
4.5
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Women
CAN
Canada
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#03
GBR
Great Britain
54
CAN
Canada
73
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#18
CAN
Canada
61
JPN
Japan
35
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#33
GER
Germany
59
CAN
Canada
57
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#44
CAN
Canada
76
AUS
Australia
37
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Quarterfinal
#54
CAN
Canada
48
USA
United States
63
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Classification Playoff 5/6
#66
CAN
Canada
68
JPN
Japan
49
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
5Women2018Hamburg, GER
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Athlete
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University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, CAN
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English
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Marc Antoine Ducharme [national], CAN
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Before taking up wheelchair basketball, she played able-bodied basketball for the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 31 Dec 2019)
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2017 for Canada (paralympic.ca, 24 Jul 2019)
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She tore her anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus in her knee, and femur fracture which led her to wheelchair basketball. (myprincegeorgenow.com, 04 Sep 2019)
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She began playing wheelchair basketball in 2015. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020)
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A former able-bodied basketball player, she was introduced to wheelchair basketball by fellow Pender Island native and former Canadian national team coach Tim Frick. "Tim suggested early on I should give the wheelchair game a try. Still as the injury got worst and I was coming to the realisation that I would never play stand-up at the same level, I was still holding on to hope.Then one day in 2015, he just told me he signed me up for a wheelchair basketball tryout." (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020; paralympic.ca, 24 Jul 2019; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 11 May 2020)
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To win a gold medal the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 11 May 2020)
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Winning a gold medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (myprincegeorgenow.com, 04 Sep 2019)
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Canadian basketball coach Tim Frick. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 31 Dec 2019)
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Canadian basketball coach Tim Frick. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 31 Dec 2019)
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In 2019 she was named Wheelchair Basketball Canada's Female Athlete of the Year. (princegeorgematters.com, 20 Apr 2020; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 11 May 2020)

In 2019 she was named Female Player of the Year in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association [NWBA] collegiate division. She has also earned All-American honours and a selection to the All-Rookie team at collegiate level. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 11 May 2020)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

Impairment Details
She suffered a serious knee injury in 2010. She had four operations on her knee, but developed a bone defect as a result of a fracture in the femur. (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

General
PASSION REKINDLED
She says that taking up wheelchair basketball helped her rediscover her passion for sport. "It was a pretty tough blow. Sports, especially basketball, had always been my number-one passion. I put a lot of my life into it. Getting the opportunity to compete at a high level again, I can't even explain how awesome that was. It was a huge turning point. It made me so happy to compete again and for Team Canada on top of that. It's had a fantastic effect on my life." (paralympic.ca, 24 Jul 2019)

HIGHER EDUCATION
She is studying for a masters degree in kinesiology at the University of Illinois. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 11 May 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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