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Cindy Ouellet

Cindy Ouellet (born December 8, 1988) is a Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. Ouellet is part of the LGBTQ+ community.[1]

Cindy Ouellet
Ouellet at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
NicknameThe Hornet
Nationality 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 class3.5
EventWomen's team
College teamUniversity of Alabama
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Canada
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Birmingham Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Manchester Team
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team

Early life

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Cindy Ouellet was born on December 8, 1988, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada.[2] At age 12, she was diagnosed with bone cancer which quickly ended her dream of becoming a soccer player and skier.[3]

Career

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Ouellet took up wheelchair basketball in 2005. She is classified as a 3.5 point player.[2] 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.[4]

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.[2]

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.[2] 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,[5] and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.[6]

In 2016, she participated at CrossFit weight lifting competition.[7]

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.[8]

In August 2021, Ouellet competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan in women's wheelchair basketball.[9] Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team placed 5th overall. In September 2024, Ouellet competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France in women's wheelchair basketball.[10] Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team placed 4th overall.

Statistics[2]
Competition Season Matches FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OR-DR AST PTS
World Championship 2014 8 57-129 44 0-14 0 11-21 52 9-16 71 125
Paralympic Games 2012 7 36-89 40 0-4 0 10-17 59 14-31 50 82
World Championship 2010 7 21-58 36 0-4 0 4-16 25 7-32 31 46
Paralympic Games 2008 7 16-32 50 0-3 0 1-7 14 7-5 10 33
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 percentage OR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points AST: assists

Awards

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  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013)[2]
  • Wheelchair Basketball Canada Female Athlete of the Year (2012)[2]
  • Women's U25 World Championships tournament all-star team (2011)[2]
  • CWBL Women's National Championships tournament all-star team (2012)[2]
  • CWBL Women's National Championships tournament all-star team (2010)[2]
  • Wheelchair Basketball Canada Junior Athlete of the Year (2007)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Cindy Ouellet". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Timothy Snyder (May 21, 2012). "Cindy Ouellet: Rising Paralympic Basketball Star". Rollx vans. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Hornet". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women's World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists" (PDF). Toronto 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Relever le défi du CrossFit en fauteuil roulant" [Meeting the challenge of CrossFit in a wheelchair] (in French). Radio Canada. March 23, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Cindy Ouellet, du basketball au paraski de fond" [Cindy Ouellet, basketball is the least concern, paraski is next] (in French). Radio Canada. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Weldon, Shelby. "Canada's two out gay wheelchair basketball players are also multi-sport athletes". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  10. ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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