Nationality Canada Disability class 3.0 Club Gladiateurs de Laval Height 1.45 m | Sport Wheelchair basketball Event(s) Women's team Coached by Bill Johnson College team University of Alabama | |
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Born March 27, 1997 (age 19) ( 1997-03-27 ) Montreal, Quebec Profiles | ||
Team mates katie harnock rosalie lalonde cindy oullet rio 2016 paralympics
Rosalie Lalonde (born March 27, 1997) is a Canadian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. In 2016, she was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro
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Rosalie Lalonde was born in Montreal, Quebec, on March 27, 1997. As of 2016, she lives in Saint-Clet, Quebec. A 3.0 point player, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 2011. Initially a reluctant player, she began playing locally, then for the Quebec provincial junior team, and then for the senior provincial women's team. In 2013 she played for the national side in the U21 3-on-3 women's wheelchair basketball at the Youth Parapan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning silver.
In 2015, she joined the U25 national women's team, which played in the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, China in June and July 2015, and then made her debut with the senior team for the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, winning silver.
In May 2016, she won a scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she will play for its Crimson Tide Wheelchair basketball team, and study Human Development and Family Studies. To top it off, in April 2016 her Quebec team, Les Gladiateurs de Laval won the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball National League (CNWBL) Women’s National Championship in Longueuil, Quebec, defeating Edmonton Inferno 60–56. In June 2016, she was named as part of the senior national side for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. At 19, she was the youngest player on the team.