Jannik Blair
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Blair warming up before a game in Sydney
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 Australia
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3 February 1992 Horsham, Victoria |
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||
| College team | The University of Alabama | |||||||||||||||
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Jannik Blair (born 3 February 1992) is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player who has played for the University of Missouri and the National Wheelchair Basketball League Dandenong Rangers. He is a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, making his debut in 2009, and was member of the Australian team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.
Blair was born on 3 February 1992 in Horsham, Victoria. In 2004 at the age of the twelve, he broke his back, wrist and suffered a collapsed lung after an accident on a utility vehicle. He went into a coma for a week. As of 2012[update] he lives in Horsham in Victoria. By 2005, he was playing a variety of sports including wheelchair basketball, track racing and hand-cycling. As of 2012[update], he attended the University of Missouri on partial scholarship for wheelchair basketball, but was taking time off to concentrate on basketball.
Blair is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player. As of 2012[update], he has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.
Blair first played wheelchair basketball in 2005, and attended a Ballarat, Victoria hosted APC Paralympic Talent Search in 2006. At the event, they encouraged him to continue in the sport.
Blair played in the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) in 2009, finishing the season by being named to the All-Star 5. As of 2012[update], he plays for the Dandenong Rangers in the NWBL, and joined for and was playing for University of Missouri team in the United States National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) as of 2012. In late 2012, Blair was presented with offers several offers from American universities, including the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. After much consideration, Blair chose to take up a scholarship from the University of Alabama. He will dress for them in the Spring season of 2013.
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