MELYMICK Lee

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 9 Jan 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : ETOBICOKE, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men CAN Canada	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #09 CAN Canada 41 ESP Spain 78	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #17 TUR Turkey 77 CAN Canada 73	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #32 JPN Japan 62 CAN Canada 56	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #43 CAN Canada 74 KOR Republic of Korea 64	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #46 COL Colombia 52 CAN Canada 63	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #60 GBR Great Britain 66 CAN Canada 52	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 7/8 #65 GER Germany 68 CAN Canada 56	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
12	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER

Occupation:

Chemical Engineering - Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Matteo Feriani [national]

Other sports:

Before his accident he played baseball for Leaside Leafs in the Greater Toronto-Leaside Junior League. (leasidelife.com, 01 Sep 2016)

He began playing the sport in 2015. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2018)

He had always played sport before his accident and wheelchair basketball gave him a sense of normality again. "Right after I got injured, wheelchair basketball filled the need for sports and I started playing at Variety Village and I don't think I missed a practice for two years." (beachmetro.com, 04 Jun 2019)

In 2020 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by Wheelchair Basketball Canada. (beachmetro.com, 21 Apr 2020; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 18 Apr 2020)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (leasidelife.com, 01 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (leasidelife.com, 01 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
While cleaning windows he fell more than six metres from a ladder and severed his spinal cord. He underwent three surgeries and suffered infections and other complications during treatment and was left paralysed from the waist down. "It was nearing the end of the day and we were finishing up and I leaned over to pass the bucket over to my partner and I just fell." (leasidelife.com, 01 Sep 2016; ryersonian.ca, 26 Nov 2015)

General
SUPPORT
Following his accident his former baseball team Leaside Leafs held Lee Melymick Night, a fundraising match to help raise funds for expenses including a specialised vehicle and possible stem cell surgery. He was invited to the event to throw the ceremonial first pitch. "It was pretty special. It meant a lot that my team cared so much to do this." (leasidelife.com, 01 Sep 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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