LLANES Tara

28 Nov 1976
44
Female
1.5
WEST COVINA, CA
 
United States of America
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Women 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
GBR
Great Britain
54
CAN
Canada
73
Finished
Ariake Arena
CAN
Canada
61
JPN
Japan
35
Finished
Ariake Arena
GER
Germany
59
CAN
Canada
57
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
CAN
Canada
76
AUS
Australia
37
Finished
Ariake Arena
CAN
Canada
48
USA
United States
63
Finished
Ariake Arena
CAN
Canada
68
JPN
Japan
49
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
5Women2018Hamburg, GER
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Playing wheelchair tennis, mountain biking. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020; Instagram profile, 10 Mar 2021)
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Athlete, Business Owner, Motivational Speaker
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Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Partner Elladee
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English
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Marc Antoine Ducharme [national], CAN
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She competed in mountain bike and BMX professionally prior to her injury. She was a national champion in wheelchair tennis in 2017. (tarallanesindustries.com, 01 Jan 2017; shesummits.org, 01 Jan 2019)
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2018 for Canada (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 20 Jul 2020)
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She took up the sport in 2016. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020)
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Fellow wheelchair tennis player Amanda Yan encouraged her to try wheelchair basketball. At the same time, she was trying to improve her speed on the tennis court, and former wheelchair basketball player Richard Peter said basketball would help. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (adaptdefy.com, 29 Jan 2019)
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Canadian wheelchair basketball players Marni Abbott-Peter, Richard Peter and Joe Higgins. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020)
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Her mother. (Wheelchair Basketball Canada YouTube channel, 21 Jul 2020)
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In 2019 she received the MJ Boudreault Award from the British Colombia Wheelchair Basketball Society [BCWBS]. (bcwbs.ca, 13 Oct 2020)

In 2017 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the British Colombia Wheelchair Basketball Society [BCWBS]. (bcwbs.ca, 13 Oct 2020)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (tarallanesindustries.com, 01 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
In September 2007 she crashed during a mountain bike race in Vail, CO, United States of America. She landed on her head, breaking the C7 vertebra in her neck and T12 vertebra in her lower back. (tarallanesindustries.com, 01 Jan 2017)

General
BUSINESS OWNER
She owns Tara Llanes Industries, which sells adaptive mountain bikes. "When I got hurt, some friends got this adapted mountain bike that had full suspension and it just looked like it could do things that I wanted to do. I was out on the trails and people would see me and say 'I know someone who would love that bike or I've got a friend in a wheelchair'. I literally had no idea how to run a business. None. At all. But [partner] Elladee runs her own sales agency and she showed me the ropes of running a sales business. There was a lot of trial and error. There was a lot of error! It's how I learned and I'm still learning so much but I've come a long way." (Facebook page, 04 Feb 2020; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 20 Jul 2020)

ADAPTIVE TRAILS
In 2021 her adaptive mountain bike company Tara Llanes Industries combined with Trail Holistics to release their own guidelines on how they believe mountain bike trails should be constructed to accommodate adaptive riders. "Canada is full of selfless, wonderful, nature loving people and by continuing the open-door policy of acceptance and inclusiveness for adaptive riders, this just adds to the amazingness of this beautiful country. With these guidelines, we're ensuring that we are ahead of the game with adaptive mountain biking in British Colombia and continuing the growth of mountain biking for all in this super natural province." (pinkbike.com, 24 Mar 2021; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 20 Jul 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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