Jamey Jewells
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 23, 1989 Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Nova Scotia Flying Wheels | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michael Broughton and Bill Johnson | ||||||||||||||
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Jamey Jewells (born August 23, 1989) is Canadian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player, who has played for Team Canada and the Trier Dolphins in Germany. She was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and raised in Donkin, Nova Scotia.
Jewells began playing basketball at the age of seven. At the age of fourteen in the year 2003 she was severely injured in a car accident, breaking several ribs and her t12-L1 vertebrae, forcing her to spend close to two years in the hospital. Her occupational therapist suggested to her wheelchair basketball to help her recovery.
She had to take some time off from 2007-2009 due to health and school, and didn't return until 2010. When she did come back, she ended up withdrawing from the Marconi Campus of Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney Nova Scotia, so she could focus on her training.
She has played basketball in every province of Canada, the United States, Osaka, Japan, and in Quakenbrück, Germany. In May 2011 she played in Manchester, England, and having been named to the Canadian National team will also play in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, England.[1]
International competition
- All Star, 2011, Women's U25 World Championships, St. Catharines, Ontario[2]
- 4th, 2011, Women's U25 World Championships, St. Catharines, Ontario
Domestic competition
- 5th, 2011, Canada Games, Nova Scotia team
- 6th, 2010, Junior National Championships, Nova Scotia team
- 6th, 2010, Women's CWBL National Championships, Nova Scotia / Ontario
References
- ^ "Jewells turns tragedy into triumph". Cape Breton Post. February 11, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
- ^ "No 13 - Jamey Jewells : Wheelchair Basketball Canada". Wheelchairbasketball.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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