Janna Crawford
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||
| Born | Auburn, Washington | ||||||||||
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Auburn (Auburn, Washington) | ||||||||||
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Janna Lynette Mizens née Ellsworth (born November 18, 1974) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. She has won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career[]
Crawford attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she competed on their women's wheelchair basketball team and was named to the second team All-Tournament.[2] She wrote her masters thesis on "Constraints of elite athletes with disabilities in Kenya," which she later published with in the Journal of Leisure Research.[3]
She competed with Team USA at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[4] At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she recorded nine points and 10 rebounds to help Team USA win gold over Australia.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Janna Crawford". paralympic.org. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "'SipMA Signs Media Guide" (PDF). libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu. 2004. p. 41. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Monika Stodolska; Janna L. Crawford (2008). "Constraints Experienced by Elite Athletes with Disabilities in Kenya, with Implications for the Development of a New Hierarchical Model of Constraints at the Societal Level" (PDF). Journal of Leisure Research. 40 (1). Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "All-Time Paralympic Team Rosters U.S. WoMen's Teams" (PDF). cdn2.sportngin.com. 2016. p. 43. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Gluskin, Jon (October 6, 2004). "Led by Illini, U.S. women take gold in wheelchair b-ball". The Daily Illini. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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