Janna Crawford Explained

Janna Mizens
Birth Place:Auburn, Washington
Alma Mater:Auburn (Auburn, Washington)
Education:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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]

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Janna Crawford . paralympic.org . January 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: 'SipMA Signs Media Guide . libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu . January 5, 2020 . 41 . 2004.
  3. Monika Stodolska . Janna L. Crawford . Constraints Experienced by Elite Athletes with Disabilities in Kenya, with Implications for the Development of a New Hierarchical Model of Constraints at the Societal Level . Journal of Leisure Research . 2008 . 40 . 1 . January 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: All-Time Paralympic Team Rosters U.S. WoMen's Teams . cdn2.sportngin.com . January 5, 2020 . 43 . 2016.
  5. News: Gluskin . Jon . Led by Illini, U.S. women take gold in wheelchair b-ball . January 5, 2020 . The Daily Illini . October 6, 2004.

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