LAI Puisand

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 29 Jul 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: HONOLULU, HI

Birth Country:

United States of America

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
5	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER

Boots (csiontario.ca, 08 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Mechanical Engineering - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Toronto Rollin Raptors [Canada]

Marc Antoine Ducharme [national], CAN

Other sports:

She has competed in wheelchair tennis at international level. (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

2018 for Canada, World Championships in Hamburg, Germany (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 14 Sep 2020; wheelchairbasketball.ca, 26 Aug 2018)

She took up the sport in 2013. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

"When I was 13 years old, my parents signed me up for a lot of different sports. I hated going to practises at first but it eventually grew on me and now I love the sport." (cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Feb 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 14 Sep 2020)

She was named Cruiser Sports Most Valuable Player in 2014 and 2016. (cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Feb 2019)

General Interest

Impairment Details
At age six she was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological condition in which the spinal cord is inflamed. (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

General
BALANCING TRAINING WITH STUDIES
She combines her training and playing commitments with studying for a degree in mechanical engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada. During the COVID-19 pandemic her lectures were online, which she says made things easier logistically. "It's definitely been tough to do classes and also train at the same time. It's been hard to juggle the two and there's been a lot of planning ahead to see when I should take certain courses. But the online courses could definitely be a good thing, since I'd be able to take courses that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to and it just makes the commuting element so much easier." (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 14 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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