Rosalie Lalonde Explained

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Rosalie Lalonde
Nickname:Rosie, Rosa
Birth Date:27 March 1997
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Height:145cm (57inches)
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Event:Women's team
Disability Class:3.0
Collegeteam:University of Alabama
Coach:Marc-Antoine Ducharmes
Nationals:2017, 2018, 2019
Paralympics:2016,2021

Rosalie Lalonde (born March 27, 1997) is a Canadian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. In 2016, she was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro

Biography

Rosalie Lalonde was born in Montreal, Quebec, on March 27, 1997. From ages 0-18, she lives in Saint-Clet, Quebec. A 3.0 point player, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 2011. Initially a reluctant player, she began playing locally, then for the Quebec provincial junior team, and then for the senior provincial women's team. In 2013, she played for the national side in the U21 3-on-3 women's wheelchair basketball at the Youth Parapan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning silver.[1]

In 2015, she joined the U25 national women's team, which played in the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, China in June and July 2015,[2] and then made her debut with the senior team for the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, winning silver.[1] [3]

In May 2016, she won a scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she will play for its Crimson Tide Wheelchair basketball team, and study Human Development and Family Studies. In her first season she won the National College Championship with the Crimson Tide. After a tough loss in the final against UTA in her second year, she took home the title in her junior year 2019. To top it off, in April 2016 her Quebec team, Les Gladiateurs de Lavalwon the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball National League (CNWBL) Women's National Championship in Longueuil, Quebec, defeating Edmonton Inferno 60–56.[4] [5] In June 2016, she was named as part of the senior national side for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. At 19, she was the youngest player on the team.[6]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadian Paralympic Team Media Guide - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games September 7-18, 2016 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . September 8, 2016 . Canadian Paralympic Committee . 321–322 .
  2. Web site: Canadian Women’s U25 Wheelchair Basketball Team Sets Sights on Podium Finish at Upcoming World Championship . Vancouver Basketball Network . September 8, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702071845/http://vancouverbasketball.ca/2015/06/23/canadian-womens-u25-wheelchair-basketball-team-sets-sights-on-podium-finish-at-upcoming-world-championship/ . July 2, 2015 .
  3. Web site: Canada’s Toronto 2015 wheelchair basketball teams named . International Paralympic Committee . June 3, 2015 . September 8, 2016 .
  4. News: Rosalie Lalonde ira dribler en Alabama . Le Journal St François . French . Eric . Trembly . September 8, 2016 .
  5. Web site: CWBL Women’s National Championship . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 10 September 2016 .
  6. Web site: Des premiers Jeux paralympiques pour Rosalie Lalonde . June 7, 2016 . Emilie Bouchard . Labonté . Sportcom . French . September 8, 2016 .