Payden Vair Explained

Payden Vair (born Payden Olsen; 29 September 1998) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player. She plays at the attacker position. She is a member of the Canada women's national sitting volleyball team.^{[1] [2]}

She competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games, and 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} She won a silver medal at the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships.^[7]

Before Vair was impaired, she played football with the Lethbridge College in Alberta and became "2018 Rookie of the Year". Vair was involved in a lawnmower accident at her parents' house in Cardston in 2018. Because of the remote location, the paramedics arrived almost an hour later. Her right leg had to be amputated below the knee and she underwent reconstruction on her left heel. Vair started with wheelchair basketball in 2019 and made her debut for the national team in 2019.

References

1. Web site: Vair Canadian Paralympic Committee. 2022-03-02. paralympic.ca.
2. Web site: Payden Vair. 2022-03-02. Volleyball Canada. en. 2022-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302191326/https://volleyball.ca/en/athletes/payden-vair. dead.
3. Web site: Parents of southern Alberta athlete excited as she makes Paralympic debut in sitting volleyball - Lethbridge Globalnews.ca . 2024-07-25 . Global News . en-US.
4. Web site: 2021-08-27. Payden Vair representing Canada and southern Alberta at Tokyo Paralympics. 2022-03-02. Calgary. en.
5. Web site: 2021-08-19. Vair ready to represent Canada at Paralympic Games. en.
6. Web site: Goulet . Justin . Former Kodiak looking to inspire others at 2020 Paralympic Games . 2024-07-25 . Lethbridge News Now . en.
7. Web site: preston . 2022-11-11 . Historic silver medal for Canada at sitting volleyball world championships . 2024-07-25 . Canadian Paralympic Committee . en-US.