Cobi Crispin
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Cobi Crispin is a wheelchair basketball player from Western Australia.
on 22 December 1988. She was born missing a limb. She has lived in Melbourne, Victoria as a result of switching wheelchair basketball club sides, and now lives in Midland, Western Australia
. Other sports she has an interest in include hockey, swimming and touch football
. Her role models are Liesl Tesch
and Al Mosely.
, and she plays forward. She has played the sport since 2003, when she was 17 years old. In 2009, she was a 'Aspire to be a Champion' grant recipient.
at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
. , she is working to earn a place on the 2012 Summer Paralympics
squad.
In 2011, she was part of the 2011 U25 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team that competed at the U25 Women’s World Championship of Basketball, and finished second. She was the team's top scorer in all but last two matches in the tournament, when the opposition worked on shutting down her ability to take shots. She was also the team's co-captain. In October 2011, she was named as part of the senior national squad that would compete at the Paralympic qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Paralympics
.
Personal
Cobi Crispin was born in Mackay, QueenslandMackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
on 22 December 1988. She was born missing a limb. She has lived in Melbourne, Victoria as a result of switching wheelchair basketball club sides, and now lives in Midland, Western Australia
Midland, Western Australia
Midland is a suburb in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, as well as the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. It is situated at the intersection of Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern...
. Other sports she has an interest in include hockey, swimming and touch football
Touch football (rugby league)
Touch is a field sport also known as Touch Football, or in some countries as Touch Rugby. Touch is overseen worldwide by the Federation of International Touch . Touch has traditionally been played in Australia and New Zealand but the sport has expanded internationally and features many regional and...
. Her role models are Liesl Tesch
Liesl Tesch
Liesl Tesch is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. She has represented her country at five Paralympic Games, winning three total medals. She has made numerous appearances for her country at other wheelchair basketball events. Tesch also competed in the sport as a professional. She has...
and Al Mosely.
Basketball
Crispin's wheelchair basketball classification is 4.04 point player
4 point player is a disability sport classification for wheelchair basketball.-History:The classification was created by the International Paralympic Committee and has roots in a 2003 attempt to address "the overall objective to support and co-ordinate the ongoing development of accurate,...
, and she plays forward. She has played the sport since 2003, when she was 17 years old. In 2009, she was a 'Aspire to be a Champion' grant recipient.
Paralympics
Crispin was part of the bronze medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball teamAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team
-History: Women's wheelchair basketball was first played at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, but Australia did not have a team that competed until 1992 in Barcelona....
at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
. , she is working to earn a place on the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...
squad.
Other competitions
In 2006, Crispin was named the Northern Challenge Most Valuable Player. In 2006, she was on the squad that competed at the Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge. In 2007, she was part of the national team that the competed in the Asia Oceania Qualification tournament, and the silver medal winning team that competed at the Osaka Cup. She was part of the national team's 2008 squad that competed in the Osaka Cup. She was part of the 2009 squad that competed at the Osaka Cup. That year, the team finished first. In 2010, she was part of the fourth place finishing Australian national squad that competed at the IWBF World Championships, in Birmingham England.In 2011, she was part of the 2011 U25 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team that competed at the U25 Women’s World Championship of Basketball, and finished second. She was the team's top scorer in all but last two matches in the tournament, when the opposition worked on shutting down her ability to take shots. She was also the team's co-captain. In October 2011, she was named as part of the senior national squad that would compete at the Paralympic qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...
.