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| Born | April 25, 1980 [1] Suva, Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sitting volleyball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | VS1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felicia Voss-Shafiq (born April 25, 1980) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player.
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| Sport | Sitting volleyball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | VS1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felicia Voss-Shafiq (born April 25, 1980) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player.
Voss-Shafiq was born and raised in Fiji before moving to San Francisco, California at 12 years old. [2]
Voss-Shafiq competed at the World Para Volleyball Championship in 2022 and won a silver medal, Canada's first ever medal in sitting volleyball at a major international event. [3]
On July 22, 2024, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4] She won a bronze medal in sitting volleyball, Canada's first ever medal in the event. [5]
In 2011, Voss-Shafiq suffered a bad case of pneumonia that caused blood poisoning, and sent her into septic shock and a coma. She later became a double below the knee amputee as a result of her illness. [6] [7]
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