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Tamara Steeves | |
Nationality: | Canada |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1989 |
Birth Place: | Etobicoke, Ontario |
Height: | 5feet |
Country: | Canada |
Sport: | Wheelchair basketball |
Event: | Women's team |
Disability Class: | 1.5 |
Tamara Steeves (born September 23, 1989) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Etobicoke, Ontario who won a gold medal in the 2009 Artland Open which was hosted in Quakenbruck, Germany and in 2011 bronze medal at Osaka Cup which was hosted in Osaka, Japan. She also won a silver medal at Canada Games in her home town Ontario the same year.[1]
In 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which was given to her by Minister of State Bal Gosal.[2]
In 2016 she was chosen to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She was also ranked as top athlete with a disability by the Mississauga Sports Council in 2012.[3]