Mary Friday Explained

Mary Friday
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Country:Australia
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Disability Class:1.0
Event:Women's team
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Mary Friday is a 1 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[1]

Biography

Friday emigrated to Australia from her country of birth in Nigeria when she was a child. She lives in Perth, Western Australia.[2]

Career

A 1 point player, she was a member of the Australian teams that won the silver medal at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. She also represented Australia at the 2019 Osaka Cup. She is coached by Australian Paralympian Brad Ness.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gliders' Redemption In Full Swing After Tokyo 2020 Announcement. 16 July 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  2. Web site: 2019-04-17. Privilege at a Price: The Real Cost of Representation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409025319/http://wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?id=10001. 2021-04-09. 2021-07-16. Western Australian Institute of Sport.
  3. Web site: 31 August 2021. Gliders end Tokyo campaign on a high. 18 September 2021. New South Wales Institute of Sport.