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| sport = [[Wheelchair basketball]] |
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| birth_date = 5 June 1967 |
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'''Lisa Edmonds''' ([[married and maiden names|née]] '''O'Nion''') (born 5 June 1967 in Hertfordshire, England) <ref name=media>{{cite book|title=Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games|year=2000|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney}}</ref> is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal |
'''Lisa Edmonds''' ([[married and maiden names|née]] '''O'Nion''') (born 5 June 1967 in Hertfordshire, England) <ref name=media>{{cite book|title=Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games|year=2000|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney}}</ref> is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal-winning [[Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team]]<ref name=IPC-2004>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?competition=2000PG&gender=f&sport=basketball&discipline=&event=&eclass=|accessdate=6 April 2014|title=Results - SYDNEY 2000 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Women|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]].<ref name=bronze>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025545/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|archivedate=21 February 2014|publisher=Basketball Australia|year=2010|title=Basketball Chronology|accessdate=9 September 2011}}</ref> She retired from competitive wheelchair basketball in 2013 and is regarded as one of the pioneers of the women's game in Australia.<ref name=edmonds/> |
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==Wheelchair Basketball== |
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In 2000, her competitive sport participation was sponsored by the [[Motor Accidents Authority]] in New South Wales.<ref name=hansard>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20001101011|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|accessdate=12 November 2011|date=1 November 2000|title= Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Success}}</ref> |
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===Career=== |
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At the age of 20, Craig Jarvis, a Sport and Recreation Officer at the [[Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney|Prince of Wales Hospital]] Spinal Cord Injuries Unit, introduced Edmonds to wheelchair basketball.<ref name=edmonds/> She stated that: ''I left the hospital, bought a basketball and pushed up and down the street trying to bounce the ball. I absolutely loved the challenge and being active.'' <ref name=edmonds/> Edmonds was part of the birth of women's wheelchair basketball in Australia. In 1989, she was a member of the training/selection camp for the first ever [[Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team|National women's team]], now known as the Gliders. This camp was organized by [[Susan Hobbs]].<ref name=edmonds/> Edmonds went on to play 104 games for Australia from 1989 to 2002 and represented Australia at three [[Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics]].<ref name=edmonds/> She was captain of the National team in 2002.<ref name=edmonds/> |
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Edmonds played for the North Sydney Bears (now Stacks Goudkamp Bears) in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League since its inception in 2000. She was named in the League's All Star Five for four consecutive years - 2000 to 2003. She retired from competitive wheelchair basketball in September 2013.<ref name=edmonds/> On her retirement she commented: ''If you start playing wheelchair basketball and fall in love with it and want to be the best you can be, you have to live it, breathe it, dream it and make the basketball something you can't be without, and in some cases the wheelchair!.'' |
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===Representative Summary=== |
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On her retirement in September 2013, Edmonds representative career for Australia spanned from 1989 to 2002.<ref name=edmonds>{{cite web|last=Cevolani|first=Luke|title=Wheelchair Basketball Legend calls it a day|url=http://www.sports.org.au/news/328-le|work=Disability Sports Australia News, 21 October 2013|accessdate=24 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210830/http://www.sports.org.au/news/328-le|archivedate=29 October 2013}}</ref> She played for Australia 44 times in official international competitions and 60 times in other international competitions. |
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|1989||[[FESPIC Games]], Kobe, Japan||4 |
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|1990||[[Wheelchair Basketball World Championship|World Championships]],St Etienne, France||5 |
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|1992||French Tournament||5 |
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|1992||IWBF Paralympic Qualifier - Stoke, England||5 |
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|1992||Netherlands Tournament||5 |
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|1992||[[1992 Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics, Barcelona, Spain]]||5 |
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|1994||[[Wheelchair Basketball World Championship|World Championships]], Stoke Mandeville, England||5 |
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|1995||German Tournament||5 |
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|1996||Edmonton/Toronto Tournaments||8 |
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|1996||[[1996 Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics, Atlanta, United States]]||5 |
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|1998||Netherlands Tournament||5 |
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|1998||[[Wheelchair Basketball World Championship|World Championships]],Sydney, Australia||5 |
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|1999||United States Series||5 |
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|1999||Osaka Cup, Japan||6 |
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|2000||SLAM Series Paralympic Test Event||5 |
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|2000||Roosevelt Cup, Warm Springs, United States||4 |
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|2000||[[2000 Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics, Sydney, Australia]]||5 |
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|2002||Japan Tournament||4 |
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|2002||Roosevelt Cup, Warm Springs, United States||4 |
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|2002||Tournament, Alabama, United States||4 |
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|2002||[[Wheelchair Basketball World Championship|World Championships]], Kitakyushu, Japan||5 |
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==Education== |
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In the England she attended, Woodlands Primary School and Nicholas Hawksmoor. In 2008, she completed an Advanced Diploma Event Management (TAFE).<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile - Lisa Edmonds|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=189767587&client=1-6734-84470-254124-16922307|work=Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League Website|accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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| NAME = O'Nion, Lisa |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Paralympic wheelchair basketball player of Australia |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 5 June 1967 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Hertforshire, England |
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[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Australia]] |
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Australia]] |
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[[Category:Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors]] |
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[[Category:Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]] |
[[Category:Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]] |
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[[Category:Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics]] |
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[[Category:Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:1967 births]] |
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]] |
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[[Category:People with paraplegia]] |
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[[Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball]] |
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1967 Hertfordshire, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||
| Disability class | 3.0 | |||||||||||
| Club | Stacks Goudkamp Bears | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Edmonds (née O'Nion) (born 5 June 1967 in Hertfordshire, England) [1] is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia. She was part of the silver medal-winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team[2] at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[3] She retired from competitive wheelchair basketball in 2013 and is regarded as one of the pioneers of the women's game in Australia.[4]
Wheelchair Basketball
[edit]Career
[edit]At the age of 20, Craig Jarvis, a Sport and Recreation Officer at the Prince of Wales Hospital Spinal Cord Injuries Unit, introduced Edmonds to wheelchair basketball.[4] She stated that: I left the hospital, bought a basketball and pushed up and down the street trying to bounce the ball. I absolutely loved the challenge and being active. [4] Edmonds was part of the birth of women's wheelchair basketball in Australia. In 1989, she was a member of the training/selection camp for the first ever National women's team, now known as the Gliders. This camp was organized by Susan Hobbs.[4] Edmonds went on to play 104 games for Australia from 1989 to 2002 and represented Australia at three Summer Paralympics.[4] She was captain of the National team in 2002.[4]
Edmonds played for the North Sydney Bears (now Stacks Goudkamp Bears) in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League since its inception in 2000. She was named in the League's All Star Five for four consecutive years - 2000 to 2003. She retired from competitive wheelchair basketball in September 2013.[4] On her retirement she commented: If you start playing wheelchair basketball and fall in love with it and want to be the best you can be, you have to live it, breathe it, dream it and make the basketball something you can't be without, and in some cases the wheelchair!.
Representative Summary
[edit]On her retirement in September 2013, Edmonds representative career for Australia spanned from 1989 to 2002.[4] She played for Australia 44 times in official international competitions and 60 times in other international competitions.
| Year | Event | No of Games |
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| 1989 | FESPIC Games, Kobe, Japan | 4 |
| 1990 | World Championships,St Etienne, France | 5 |
| 1992 | French Tournament | 5 |
| 1992 | IWBF Paralympic Qualifier - Stoke, England | 5 |
| 1992 | Netherlands Tournament | 5 |
| 1992 | Summer Paralympics, Barcelona, Spain | 5 |
| 1994 | World Championships, Stoke Mandeville, England | 5 |
| 1995 | German Tournament | 5 |
| 1996 | Edmonton/Toronto Tournaments | 8 |
| 1996 | Summer Paralympics, Atlanta, United States | 5 |
| 1998 | Netherlands Tournament | 5 |
| 1998 | World Championships,Sydney, Australia | 5 |
| 1999 | United States Series | 5 |
| 1999 | Osaka Cup, Japan | 6 |
| 2000 | SLAM Series Paralympic Test Event | 5 |
| 2000 | Roosevelt Cup, Warm Springs, United States | 4 |
| 2000 | Summer Paralympics, Sydney, Australia | 5 |
| 2002 | Japan Tournament | 4 |
| 2002 | Roosevelt Cup, Warm Springs, United States | 4 |
| 2002 | Tournament, Alabama, United States | 4 |
| 2002 | World Championships, Kitakyushu, Japan | 5 |
Education
[edit]In the England she attended, Woodlands Primary School and Nicholas Hawksmoor. In 2008, she completed an Advanced Diploma Event Management (TAFE).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- ^ "Results - SYDNEY 2000 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Basketball - Women". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cevolani, Luke. "Wheelchair Basketball Legend calls it a day". Disability Sports Australia News, 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Player Profile - Lisa Edmonds". Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League Website. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Categories:
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- 1967 births
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- People with paraplegia
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball