Isabel Martin (born 11 March 1999) is a 1.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders) at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian U25 team (the Devils) that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.
 Isabel Martin in 2023 | ||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Issy | |||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1999 | |||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Event | Women's team | |||||||||||
| Club | Kilsyth Cobras | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editIsabel Martin was born on 11 March 1999.[1] She became paraplegic when she was eight months old as a result of surgery to remove a benign tumour in her spinal cord. Her parents set up a charity called the Wish to Walk Foundation. Fellow students at Shelford Girls' Grammar in Caulfield, Victoria, where she went to school, sold copies of a children's book, An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton, to raise money for treatment by Project Walk in California. In spite of her disability, she enjoyed sports, and played soccer and cricket with her younger brother Charlie.[2]
A 1.0 point,[3] Martin played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2016.[4] She made her international debut at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. The Gliders came third in the series against Japan, Great Britain and Germany.[5][6] She was the youngest player on the team.[7] She was named to the Osaka Cup team again in January 2017.[3] She was also named to the U18 Victorian side for the Kevin Coombs Cup in April 2017,[8] and the U23 side in 2019. In May 2019, she was part of the Australians U25 team (the Devils) that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[9][10][11]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match.[12] She was Basketball Victoria's Wheelchair Athlete of the Year for 2020.[13] In June 2023, she was a member of the Gliders team at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.[14]
| Competition | Season | M | FGM-A | FG% | 3PM-A | 3P% | FTM-A | FT% | PTS | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PTS | ref |
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| WNWBL | 2018 | 15 | 11 - 51 | 21.57 | -- | -- | 1 - 6 | 16.67 | 23 | 1.73 | 1.33 | 3.07 | 0.33 | 1.53 | [15] |
| WNWBL | 2017 | 15 | 11 - 44 | 25 | -- | -- | 1 - 5 | 20 | 23 | 0.87 | 1.67 | 2.53 | 0.2 | 1.53 | [15] |
| WNWBL | 2016 | 18 | 2 - 34 | 5.88 | -- | -- | - - 2 | -- | 4 | 0.94 | 1.28 | 2.22 | 0.11 | 0.22 | [15] |
References
edit- ^ "January 2016 Athlete Development Camp Another Success". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Masanauskas, John (26 August 2009). "Paraplegic Isabel Martin closer to dream of walking". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Australian Gliders Headed to First International Tournament Under New Coach David Gould". Basketball Australia. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Reigning WNWBL Champs Return to the Hardwood this Weekend". Kilsyth Basketball. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Australian Gliders Named For 2016 Osaka Cup". Basketball Australia. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Australian Gliders take third place in Osaka Cup". Disability Sports Australia. 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Education news in brief". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Under-18 Victoria Country, Victoria Metropolitan and KCC team lists announced - Basketball Victoria". Basketball Australia. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ Shelley, Milly. "Isabel Martin and Teisha Shadwell make Australian U25 Devils". Basketball Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "USA crowned 2019 Women's U25 World Champions". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Australia". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Gliders end Tokyo campaign on a high". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Wheeling her way to success". Star Mail. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Rollers And Gliders Teams Named For World Championships". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Player statistics for Isabel Martin". SportsTG. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via Google cache.
