Isabel Martin (wheelchair basketball) explained

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Isabel Martin
Nickname:Issy
Club:Kilsyth Cobras
Birth Date:11 March 1999
Country:Australia
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Event:Women's team
Disability Class:1.0

Isabel Martin (born 11 March 1999) is a 1.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders) at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian U25 team (the Devils) that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.

Biography

Isabel Martin was born on 11 March 1999.[1] She became paraplegic when she was eight months old as a result of surgery to remove a benign tumour in her spinal cord. Her parents set up a charity called the Wish to Walk Foundation. Fellow students at Shelford Girls' Grammar in Caulfield, Victoria, where she went to school, sold copies of a children's book, An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton, to raise money for treatment by Project Walk in California. In spite of her disability, she enjoyed sports, and played soccer and cricket with her younger brother Charlie.[2]

A 1.0 point, Martin played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2016.[3] She made her international debut at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. The Gliders came third in the series against Japan, Great Britain and Germany.[4] [5] She was the youngest player on the team.[6] She was named to the Osaka Cup team again in January 2017.[7] She was also named to the U18 Victorian side for the Kevin Coombs Cup in April 2017,[8] and the U23 side in 2019. In May 2019, she was part of the Australians U25 team (the Devils) that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[9] [10] [11]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match.[12] She was Basketball Victoria's Wheelchair Athlete of the Year for 2020.[13] In June 2023, she was a member of the Gliders team at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.[14]

WNWBL Statistics - Seasons 2017- !Competition!Season!M!FGM-A!FG%!3PM-A!3P%!FTM-A!FT%!PTS!OFF!DEF!TOT!AST!PTS!ref
WNWBL20181511 - 5121.57 ----1 - 6 16.67 23 1.73 1.33 3.07 0.331.53[15]
WNWBL20171511 - 4425 ----1 - 5 20 23 0.87 1.67 2.53 0.2 1.53
WNWBL2016182 - 345.88 ----- - 2 -- 4 0.94 1.28 2.22 0.110.22

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 2016 Athlete Development Camp Another Success . Basketball Australia . 15 July 2019.
  2. News: . 26 August 2009 . John . Masanauskas . Paraplegic Isabel Martin closer to dream of walking . 28 January 2017 .
  3. Web site: Reigning WNWBL Champs Return to the Hardwood this Weekend . Kilsyth Basketball . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305055915/http://www.kilsythbasketball.com.au/index.php?id=21&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2016&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=06&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1657&cHash=433ac15613b0b9e84cfd2f37ee915955 . 5 March 2017 . live .
  4. Web site: Australian Gliders Named For 2016 Osaka Cup . Basketball Australia . 1 February 2016 . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228231033/http://www.basketball.net.au/australian-gliders-named-for-2016-osaka-cup/ . 28 February 2017 . live .
  5. Web site: Australian Gliders take third place in Osaka Cup . Disability Sports Australia . 15 February 2015 . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170219064430/http://www.sports.org.au/news-feed/2016/2/15/australian-gliders-take-third-place-in-osaka-cup . 19 February 2017 . live .
  6. News: . 21 February 2016 . Education news in brief . 28 January 2017 .
  7. Web site: Australian Gliders Headed to First International Tournament Under New Coach David Gould . Basketball Australia . 20 January 2017 . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228230836/http://www.basketball.net.au/australian-gliders-headed-to-first-international-tournament-under-new-coach-david-gould/ . 28 February 2017 . live .
  8. Web site: Under-18 Victoria Country, Victoria Metropolitan and KCC team lists announced - Basketball Victoria . Basketball Australia . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131145558/http://basketballvictoria.com.au/victoria-country-victoria-metropolitan-kcc-team-lists-announced/ . 31 January 2017 . live .
  9. Web site: Isabel Martin and Teisha Shadwell make Australian U25 Devils . Milly . Shelley . Basketball Victoria . 31 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190531204942/http://basketballvictoria.com.au/isabel-martin-teisha-shadwell-australia-u25/ . 31 May 2019 . live .
  10. Web site: USA crowned 2019 Women's U25 World Champions . 2019 Women's U25 World Championships . 31 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529072105/https://iwbf-u25wbwc.com/2019/05/29/usa-crowned-2019-womens-u25-world-champions/ . 29 May 2019 . live .
  11. Web site: Australia . 2019 Women's U25 World Championships . 24 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215119/https://iwbf-u25wbwc.com/australia/ . 24 May 2019 . live .
  12. Web site: 31 August 2021. Gliders end Tokyo campaign on a high. 18 September 2021. New South Wales Institute of Sport.
  13. News: 18 June 2021. Wheeling her way to success. Star Mail. 16 July 2021.
  14. Web site: Rollers And Gliders Teams Named For World Championships . Paralympics Australia . 16 June 2023.
  15. Web site: Player statistics for Isabel Martin . SportsTG . Google cache . 1 June 2019 .

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