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'''Kendra Ohama''' (January 6, 1965) is a Canadian retired [[wheelchair basketball]] player. As a member of [[Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team|Team Canada]], she won three gold medals and one bronze during the [[Paralympic Games]]. |
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'''Kendra Ohama''' (January 6, 1965) is a Canadian retired [[wheelchair basketball]] player, and currently competes in [[wheelchair curling]]. As a member of [[Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team|Team Canada]], she won three gold medals and one bronze during the [[Paralympic Games]]. |
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In March 2011, Ohama was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the [[2011 Parapan American Games]].[{{cite web |title=2011 Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team Named |url=http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/03-08-2011/2011-womens-national-wheelchair-basketball-team-named |website=bcwbs.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=March 8, 2011 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209190424/http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/03-08-2011/2011-womens-national-wheelchair-basketball-team-named |url-status=dead }}] Although the Calgary Rollers finished in third place, she was selected as a Tournament All-Star.[{{cite web |title=BC Breakers Finish 4th at 2011 Women's CWBL Finals |url=http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/05-18-2011/bc-breakers-finish-4th-2011-womens-cwbl-finals |website=bcwbs.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=May 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209190438/http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/05-18-2011/bc-breakers-finish-4th-2011-womens-cwbl-finals |url-status=dead }}] In June, Ohama was awarded a $5,000 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.[{{cite web |title=Kendra Ohama awarded 2011 Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund Bursary |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/News.aspx?id=3846 |website=wheelchairbasketball.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607232925/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/News.aspx?id=3846 |archivedate=June 7, 2011 |date=2011}}] The next year, Ohama was selected to compete at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].[{{cite web |title=Canada Names Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/canada-names-women-s-wheelchair-basketball-team |website=paralympic.org |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=June 15, 2012}}] On December 22, 2012, Ohama announced her retirement from the Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team.[{{cite news |last1=Hagen |first1=Jefferson |title=Calgary wheelchair basketball star announces retirement |url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Calgary+wheelchair+basketball+star+announces+retirement/7735417/story.html |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |publisher=Calgary Herald |date=December 22, 2012}}] After retiring, she became a goldsmith at a family-run business called "The Goldsmiths."[{{cite web |last1=Tucker |first1=Gil |title=Calgary goldsmith celebrates 50 years of success in an up-and-down economy |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5981573/calgary-goldsmiths-fiftieth-anniversary/ |website=globalnews.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=October 2, 2019}}] |
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In March 2011, Ohama was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the [[2011 Parapan American Games]].[{{cite web |title=2011 Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team Named |url=http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/03-08-2011/2011-womens-national-wheelchair-basketball-team-named |website=bcwbs.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=March 8, 2011 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209190424/http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/03-08-2011/2011-womens-national-wheelchair-basketball-team-named |url-status=dead }}] Although the Calgary Rollers finished in third place, she was selected as a Tournament All-Star.[{{cite web |title=BC Breakers Finish 4th at 2011 Women's CWBL Finals |url=http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/05-18-2011/bc-breakers-finish-4th-2011-womens-cwbl-finals |website=bcwbs.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=May 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209190438/http://www.bcwbs.ca/news/05-18-2011/bc-breakers-finish-4th-2011-womens-cwbl-finals |url-status=dead }}] In June, Ohama was awarded a $5,000 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.[{{cite web |title=Kendra Ohama awarded 2011 Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund Bursary |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/News.aspx?id=3846 |website=wheelchairbasketball.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607232925/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/News.aspx?id=3846 |archivedate=June 7, 2011 |date=2011}}] The next year, Ohama was selected to compete at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].[{{cite web |title=Canada Names Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/canada-names-women-s-wheelchair-basketball-team |website=paralympic.org |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=June 15, 2012}}] On December 22, 2012, Ohama announced her retirement from the Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team.[{{cite news |last1=Hagen |first1=Jefferson |title=Calgary wheelchair basketball star announces retirement |url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Calgary+wheelchair+basketball+star+announces+retirement/7735417/story.html |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |publisher=Calgary Herald |date=December 22, 2012}}] After retiring, she became a goldsmith at a family-run business called "The Goldsmiths."[{{cite web |last1=Tucker |first1=Gil |title=Calgary goldsmith celebrates 50 years of success in an up-and-down economy |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5981573/calgary-goldsmiths-fiftieth-anniversary/ |website=globalnews.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2019 |date=October 2, 2019}}] |
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