RYAN Courtney

United States of America

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.0

Place of birth: SAN DIEGO, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : TUCSON, AZ

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women USA United States	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #02 NED Netherlands 68 USA United States 58	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #13 USA United States 68 ESP Spain 34	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #26 USA United States 41 CHN China 42	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #41 ALG Algeria 21 USA United States 62	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #54 CAN Canada 48 USA United States 63	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinal #64 USA United States 36 CHN China 41	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Match #70 GER Germany 51 USA United States 64	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
4	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN

Handcycling, watching films, hiking, spending time with her dog, travelling, kayaking. (teamusa.org, 28 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Education - University of Arizona, United States

Languages spoken:

Lawrence 'Trooper' Johnson [national], USA

Other sports:

She played football at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she earned All-American honours. (teamusa.org, 28 Apr 2019; uscannenbergmedia.com, 05 Apr 2016)

She began playing the sport in 2012 at the Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado, United States of America. (uscannenbergmedia.com, 05 Apr 2016; per4max.com, 24 Mar 2020)

After her accident she got involved with the Challenged Athletes Foundation and was introduced to wheelchair basketball. She continued to play at the Metropolitan State University of Denver before being offered a scholarship at the University of Arizona. "[My parents] kind of pushed me to start getting active again because they knew that what I needed was to be active. Initially I was like, 'Oh I don't know about adaptive athletics. Wheelchair sports just doesn't seem very competitive'. It was incredible. I was thankful I had the opportunity to play at Metro. Being at Metro taught me to be competitive at an elite level. That carried over to the [Arizona] Wildcats." (mymetmedia.com, 01 Jan 2013; uscannenbergmedia.com, 05 Apr 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (kusi.com, 23 Dec 2020)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (mymetmedia.com, 01 Jan 2013)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (mymetmedia.com, 01 Jan 2013)

Impairment Details
In 2010 while playing football a blood clot in her back burst and leaked into her spinal cord, causing paralysis from the waist down. "About 20 minutes into the game I was playing forward and someone passed [the ball] to the defence. I remember being slide tackled, and as soon as I landed on my back, it felt like someone stabbing me in my back. A blood clot had leaked into my spinal cord and when it burst it caused some of the nerves to detach. I collapsed and don't really remember much after that because I went into shock." (mymetmedia.com, 01 Jan 2013; uscannenbergmedia.com, 05 Apr 2016; msudenver.edu, 30 Jan 2014; Challenged Athletes Foundation Facebook page, 17 Dec 2020)

General
EDUCATION
She studied exercise science at the Metropolitan State University of Denver before moving to the University of Arizona after her accident to study rehabilitation counselling. (teamusa.org, 28 Apr 2019; Facebook profile, 02 Mar 2020; uscannenbergmedia.com, 05 Apr 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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