DUPLESSIS Danielle

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 17 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4.5

Place of birth: FREDERICTON, NB

Birth Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women CAN Canada	5

Schedule

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

Dani (Instagram profile, 21 Jul 2021)

Reading, camping, biking, knitting, being outside. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Sep 2019; hollandbloorview.ca, 01 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Cognitive Science - Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, CAN

Languages spoken:

Marc Antoine Ducharme [national], CAN

She began playing wheelchair basketball in 2017. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

She was first introduced to the sport when Dave Durepos, a Paralympic gold medallist in wheelchair basketball, came for a presentation in her elementary school. During university, she had sustained too many injuries to continue playing stand up sports and thought about taking up wheelchair basketball. She reached out to Sabrina Pettinicchi [Durepos' wife who was also a Paralympian] to get started in the sport. "I love the physical and mental challenge of wheelchair basketball. It is so fun to be able to channel my energy and focus into learning a new sport." (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
She had a number of knee injuries in high school and university that left her unable to play able-bodied sports. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

General
FURTHER STUDIES
After completing a bachelor's degree at Mount Allison University, she began a master's degree in rehabilitation and neuroscience at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada where she chose to focus on concussion in young athletes. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Sep 2019; paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019; hollandbloorview.ca, 01 Aug 2019; rsi.utoronto.ca, 24 Sep 2019)

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Legend

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

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