sport.wikisort.org - AthleteSabrina Pettinicchi (August 9, 1972) is a Canadian retired wheelchair basketball player. As a member of Team Canada, she won three gold medals and one bronze during the Paralympic Games.
Canadian wheelchair basketball player
Sabrina Pettinicchi
|
Born | (1972-08-09) August 9, 1972 (age 49) Quebec, Canada |
---|
Height | 5'6 |
---|
Weight | 115 |
---|
Spouse(s) | Dave Durepos |
---|
|
Country | Canada |
---|
Sport | Wheelchair basketball (1992–2008) |
---|
Team | Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team |
---|
Turned pro | 1991 |
---|
Retired | 2008 |
---|
|
Paralympic finals | - 1996 Summer Paralympics:– Gold
- 1998 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship: – Gold
- 2000 Summer Paralympics: – Gold
- 2002 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship: – Gold
- 2004 Summer Paralympics: – Bronze
- 2006 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship: – Gold
- 2008 Summer Paralympics:– 5th
|
---|
Early life
Pettinicchi was born on August 9, 1972, in Quebec, Canada. After finishing her first year of CEGEP in June 1990, she was permanently injured in a car accident.[1]
Career
She began playing wheelchair basketball in 1991 and eventually qualified for Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team at the
1996 Summer Paralympics.[2] She won gold medals with Team Canada at the 1996 and 2000 Paralympics, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympics. She also earned 3 consecutive Wheelchair Basketball World Championship gold medals from 1998 to 2006.[3] In 2001, Pettinicchi was sponsored by National Hockey League (NHL) player Vincent Damphousse, who helped her buy a new wheelchair.[4][5] She was also named a YWCA Montreal Women of Distinction.[6] Pettinicchi was the fourth-best scorer on Team Canada during the 2006 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship with 8 points.[7] During the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where Team Canada finished fifth, Pettinicchi recorded a team-leading 14 points and 6 rebounds.[8]
In 2010, Pettinicchi took part in the first Canadian Paralympic Torch relay.[9]
Personal life
Pettinicchi is married to wheelchair basketball player Dave Durepos.[10] From 1997 until 2004, Pettinicchi also worked as an interior designer and project manager for Hydro-Québec.[1]
References
- François Albert (November 2008). "Sabrina Pettinicchi-Durepos" (PDF). centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca. p. 4. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "Wellness minister salutes Olympic/Paralympic athletes". gnb.ca. July 8, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "Basketball". parasportnb.ca. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- Kennedy, Kostya (February 28, 2000). "INSIDE THE NHL". si.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "Vincent Damphousse va parrainer l'athlète de taekwondo Roxane Forget". tvanouvelles.ca (in French). August 23, 2001. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARDS LAUREATES". fondation.ydesfemmesmtl.org. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "Basketball en fauteuil roulant: doublé canadien". rds.ca (in French). July 15, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "silver medal for canada at 2008 paralympics" (PDF). bcwbs.ca. Fall 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "First-ever Canadian Paralympic Torch Relay Signals the Start of Vancouver/Whistler Games". cccski.com. March 3, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- "Fredericton wheelchair basketball star to retire". cbc.ca. June 21, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
External links
Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии