Tamara Steeves
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 Team Canada - No 8 - Tamara Steeves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 23, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tamara Steeves (born September 23, 1989) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Etobicoke, Ontario who won a gold medal in the 2009 Artland Open which was hosted in Quakenbruck, Germany and in 2011 bronze medal at Osaka Cup which was hosted in Osaka, Japan. She also won a silver medal at Canada Games in her home town Ontario the same year.[1]
In 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which was given to her by Minister of State Bal Gosal.[2]
In 2016 she was chosen to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She was also ranked as top athlete with a disability by the Mississauga Sports Council in 2012.[3]
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