Kylie Gauci
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Kylie Gauci is from New South Wales. She plays for the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team. She first started playing the sport in 1997. She got the call up to the national team in 2001. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
and the 2008 Summer Paralympics
, where she won a silver and bronze medal respectively. She was honoured by being named to the World All Star 5 at the World Champs in Amsterdam in 2006. She plays club wheelchair basketball in the men's league for the Wenty WheelKings. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team
at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
.
In 2008 and 2009, she was the Australian Paralympic Committee
's New South Wales
Assistance.
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
.
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
and 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....
, where she won a silver and bronze medal respectively. She was honoured by being named to the World All Star 5 at the World Champs in Amsterdam in 2006. She plays club wheelchair basketball in the men's league for the Wenty WheelKings. She was part of the silver medal winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team
Australia 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 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
.
In 2008 and 2009, she was the Australian Paralympic Committee
Australian Paralympic Committee
The Australian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which Australia participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-History:...
's New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
Assistance.
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...
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