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| Born | September 5, 1996 Edmonton, Alberta | |||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||
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| Edmonton Inferno | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Juniors | ||||||||||||||
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Helaina Cyr (born September 5, 1996) is a Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player from Edmonton, Alberta.
Cyr was born on September 5, 1996, in Edmonton, Alberta. She began playing wheelchair basketball for Alberta Northern Lights in September 2005 along with her brother Caleb. [1] In 2010 and 2011 Women's CWBL National Championships she won 2 silver medals. [2]
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor," a region spanning between Edmonton and the city of Calgary, which includes the many smaller municipalities between the two.
Events from the year 1996 in Canada.
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Interview with Helaina Cyr on YouTube
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