EATON Kaitlyn

United States of America

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 17 Aug 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 1.5

Place of birth: HOUSTON, TX

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : CHAMPAIGN, IL

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
6	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER

Squirrel [given to her during her freshman year in college]. (houstonchronicle.com, 17 Aug 2019)

Spending time with family and friends, kayaking, American football, baseball. (teamusa.org, 23 Aug 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Student

Health Studies - University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

Languages spoken:

Lawrence 'Trooper' Johnson [national], USA

2017 for United States (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

She began wheelchair basketball in 2010 when she joined the TIRR Memorial Hermann Junior Hotwheels Team in Houston, TX, United States of America, during her sophomore year at Jersey Village High School. (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020; teamusa.org, 08 Feb 2020)

"I had a pretty late start when it comes to playing the sport. It is a very difficult to get the hang of, especially with the ball. When I first began, I was horrible. I was not good at wheelchair basketball at all. I love the competitive part of the sport and I have always been competitive." (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamusa.org, 08 Feb 2020)

Being selected for the national team in 2017. (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

Her mother. (Instagram profile, 13 May 2018)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

Impairment Details
She was born with sacral agenesis, a rare birth defect in which the bones of the lower spine are missing or misshapen, impairing development in the bottom half of the body. With her knees straight, she had up to 10 surgeries to bend her knees and then another surgery to reposition her foot. (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020)

General
TEAM SELECTION
After trying to make the national team since 2013, she was eventually selected in 2017 after initially being cut that year. "I didn't think I was going to come back and play again, I was pretty much over it at that point. In the moment, I was done. I didn't want to come back and was finished with wheelchair basketball. But then one of the girls got injured so coach Trooper Johnson called me up offered me the spot right then and there. Being initially cut from the team was hard and I knew I had to put 100% effort into it if I wanted to continue." (tmc.edu, 10 Feb 2020; houstonchronicle.com, 17 Aug 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She studied for a bachelor's degree in community health at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL, United States of America, before going on to study a master's degree in social work at the same university. (Facebook profile, 13 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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