Janna Lynette Mizens née Ellsworth (born November 18, 1974) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. She has won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1]
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Born | Auburn, Washington | ||||||||||
Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Auburn (Auburn, Washington) | ||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Grant Mizens (m. 2008) | ||||||||||
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Crawford attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she competed on their women's wheelchair basketball team and was named to the second team All-Tournament.[2] She wrote her masters thesis on "Constraints of elite athletes with disabilities in Kenya," which she later published with Monika Stodolska in the Journal of Leisure Research.[3]
She competed with Team USA at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[4] At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she recorded nine points and 10 rebounds to help Team USA win gold over Australia.[5]
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