Tamara Steeves Explained

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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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tamara Steeves. Wheelchair basketball Canada. January 14, 2018.
  2. Web site: Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Olympic.ca. December 19, 2012. July 15, 2013. May 22, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130522020244/http://olympic.ca/advisories/olympic-and-paralympic-athletes-to-receive-queen-elizabeth-ii-diamond-jubilee-medal. dead.
  3. News: The Mississauga News. Mississauga’s Tamara Steeves picked for Paralympic wheelchair basketball team. Ian Colphis. May 31, 2016. January 14, 2018.