Cindy Ouellet

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Cindy Ouellet
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Ouellet at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
NicknameThe Hornet
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1988-12-08) December 8, 1988 (age 35)
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class 3.5
EventWomen's team
College team University of Alabama
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Toronto Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Birmingham Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 ManchesterTeam
Parapan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team

Cindy Ouellet (born December 8, 1988) is a Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

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Early life

Cindy Ouellet was born on December 8, 1988, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. [1] At age 12, she was diagnosed with bone cancer which quickly ended her dream of becoming a soccer player and skier. [2]

Career

Ouellet took up wheelchair basketball in 2005. She is classified as a 3.5 point player. [1] She won a gold medal in 2007 at Canada Games for Quebec, and joined the women's senior team later that year. She made her Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. At the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham she won a bronze one following by a silver medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. [3]

In 2011, Ouellet joined Canada's first-ever Women's U25 National Team, which she led at the inaugural Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario, in July 2011. Ouellet was named to the all-star team and finished fourth in overall tournament scoring. She was named MVP of the 2011 CWBL Women's National Championships after leading Quebec to its first-ever gold medal victory. [1]

As of 2014, she is attending University of Alabama, where she wants to get PhD in biomedical engineering, and participates in the women's wheelchair basketball team there. In 2013, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was again named MVP at the CWBL Women's Championship. [1] She was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014, [4] and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015. [5]

In 2016, she participated at CrossFit weight lifting competition. [6]

In a 2018 interview with Radio Canada, she said that she will participate in 2 more Paralympic competitions. She mentioned that if it won't be in South Korea it will be in Tokyo in 2020 and 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [7]

Statistics [1]
CompetitionSeasonMatchesFGM-AFG%3PM-A3P%FTM-AFT%OR-DRASTPTS
World Championship2014857-129440-14011-21529-1671125
Paralympic Games2012736-89400-4010-175914-315082
World Championship2010721-58360-404-16257-323146
Paralympic Games2008716-32500-301-7147-51033
Key
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage 3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentageOR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points AST: assists

Awards

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