Tamara Steeves

Tamara Steeves
Team Canada - No 8 - Tamara Steeves
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1989-09-23) September 23, 1989 (age 35)
Etobicoke, Ontario
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class1.5
EventWomen's team
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Canada
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Toronto Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 3x3
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
Artland Open
Gold medal – first place 2009 Quakenbruck Team
Osaka Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Osaka Team
Representing  Ontario
Canada Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Halifax Team

Tamara Steeves (born September 23, 1989) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Etobicoke, Ontario who won a gold medal in the 2009 Artland Open which was hosted in Quakenbruck, Germany and in 2011 bronze medal at Osaka Cup which was hosted in Osaka, Japan. She also won a silver medal at Canada Games in her home town Ontario the same year.[1]

In 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which was given to her by Minister of State Bal Gosal.[2]

In 2016 she was chosen to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She was also ranked as top athlete with a disability by the Mississauga Sports Council in 2012.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tamara Steeves". Wheelchair basketball Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Olympic.ca. December 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Ian Colphis (May 31, 2016). "Mississauga's Tamara Steeves picked for Paralympic wheelchair basketball team". The Mississauga News. Retrieved January 14, 2018.