Katie Harnock Explained

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Katie Harnock
Birth Date:12 August 1983
Birth Place:Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Country:Canada
Disability Class:2.0
Height:4feet
Collegeteam:University of Alabama
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Event:Women's team

Katie Harnock (;[1] born August 12, 1983) is a Canadian 2.0 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Biography

Katie Harnock was born in Kitchener, Ontario, on August 12, 1983. She attended St. David Catholic Secondary School. She commenced playing wheelchair basketball in 1993, when she was just 10 years old, after she received a local club's brochure in the mail. She joined her local team in Kitchener when she was 13. In 1998 she was named the Junior Female Athlete of the Year by the Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association. She joined the senior national team in 2006, and made her Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, where Canada came fifth. In 2012, she participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Canada came sixth. She attended the University of Alabama, where she studied English, graduating in 2013.

Harnock was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014,[2] and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.[3]

Paralympic Games [4] !Competition!Season!M!FGM-A!FG%!3PM-A!3P%!FTM-A!FT%!TOT!AST!PTS
Paralympic Games2012735-77461-9110-00272473
Paralympic Games2008714-32441-2500-0012731
Key
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentageOR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: pointsAST: assists

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 to Watch - Katie Harnock Vignette - Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 26 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women’s World Championship. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. July 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204422/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/news/latest-news/final-day-at-the-2014-womens-world-wheelchair-basketball-championship. July 14, 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists. Toronto 2015. 13 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150817162035/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/WB/PT2015_WB_C92C_WBW400000.pdf. 17 August 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Katie Harnock. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. January 14, 2018.