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Tamara Steeves

Tamara Steeves
No 8 - Tamara Steeves.jpg
Team Canada - No 8 - Tamara Steeves
Personal information
Nationality  Canada
Born (1989-09-23) September 23, 1989 (age 28)
Etobicoke, Ontario
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Disability class 1.5
Event(s) Women's team

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.

In 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal which was given to her by Minister of State Bal Gosal.

In 2016 she was chosen to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She was also ranked as top athlete with a disability by the Mississauga Sports Council in 2012.


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