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Bridie Kean
2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Kean
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 37)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWheelchair basketball
EventWomen's team
ClubGliders
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's wheelchair basketball

Bridie Kean (born 27 February 1987) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Personal

Kean was born 27 February 1987.[1][2][3] When she was two, her feet were amputated due to meningococcal septicaemia.[1] She is nicknamed Bird because people in the United States struggled to pronounce her first name correctly – it rhymes with "tidy" – when she was living there.[1] Her hometown is Brisbane.[4] An award in Kean's honour, acknowledging qualities of compassion and bravery, is each year presented to a student at Kilbreda College.[5] She did a gap year in England in 2005.[6] She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.[2] In 2012, she lived in Alexandra Headland, Queensland.[3] That year, she was working on completing a Masters of Public Health at the University of Queensland.[6]

Wheelchair basketball

Kean is a 4 point player.[2][3][7] She is a forward.[8] In 2011/2012, the Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$17,000 grant as part of their Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program.[9] She started playing the sport on the state and national level in 2003.[6]

University

She had a wheelchair basketball scholarship with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign that ended in 2010.[6][10]

Club

She made her Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League debut in 2007.[6] In 2012, she played club basketball for the Brisbane-based Minecraft Comets.[2][8] That season, she was the team's captain.[6][11] Since September 2012, she plays for Hamburger SV, which returned to Germany's top league after a two season absence.[12][13][14]

National team

Kean at a game in Sydney in 2012

She made her national team debut in 2007 when she competed in the IWBF Qualification tournament.[6] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2009 Four Nations tournament in Canada, one of six players who played for the Dandenong Rangers in the WNWBL.[15] In July 2010, she played in a three game test series against Germany.[16] In 2010, she was a member of the team that played in the Osaka Cup.[17] She represented Australia at the 2010 World Championships where her team finished fourth.[3]

Paralympics

She was part of the bronze medal-winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders,[18] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[3][19] Her team defeated Canada 53-47 in earning their medal. She said of her team's 2008 performance, "We worked together as a team really well and our medal is a credit to a lot of hard work and dedication."[6]

In October 2011, she was named as part of the senior national squad that would compete at the Paralympic qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[20] She was the captain of the Gliders for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[21] In the gold medal game against Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she played 13:02 minutes.[22] Her team lost 44-58, but earned a silver medal. She scored 1 point and had four rebounds in the game.[22] In the first game of the 2012 Paralympics against Brazil, which her team won 52-50, she played 14:53 minutes.[23] She scored two points against the Brazil women's national wheelchair basketball team and had five rebounds.[23] In the team's second game of pool play, in which they lost to Canada 50-57, she played for 13:37 minutes,[24] and scored no points.[24] In the team's third game of pool play against the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team that her team won 58-49, she played 13:22 minutes.[25] In the win over the Netherlands, she scored 2 points.[25] In her team's quarterfinal 62-37 victory over Mexico women's national wheelchair basketball team, she played 18:18 minutes.[26] In the quarterfinal, she scored five points.[26] Her team met the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team in the semifinal, where Australia won 40-39 and she played 14:55 minutes.[27] In the semifinal, she scored two points.[27]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bridie Kean.
  1. ^ a b c "Bridie Kean". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bridie Kean". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Wheelchair Basketball". Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games. Homebush Bay, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. pp. 92–99 [98].
  4. ^ "Illinois Paralympians eager for London experience". IlliniHQ.com. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  5. ^ "VIRTUAL HONOURBOARD - WHOLE SCHOOL AWARDS". Kilbreda College. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bridie Kean" (PDF). Queensland: Sporting Wheelies. 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  7. ^ "2010 WC Team". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Australia". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Grant Funding Report". Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  10. ^ Basketball Australia (20 May 2010). "Shelley farewells stellar college career".
  11. ^ "MineCraft Comets". Sporting Wheelies. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  12. ^ "Hamburger Sport-Verein e. V.: Spielkader 2012/2013" (in German). Rollstuhlbasketball Bundesliga. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  13. ^ "HSV-Rollstuhlbasketball" (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  14. ^ Sievers, Bodo. "Ausführliche Statistiken für HSV Hamburg (1. Bundesliga)" (in German). DRS FB Rollstuhlbasketball. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  15. ^ McLeod, Phil (June 28, 2009). "Hoop dreams rolling along". The Journal. Dandenong, Australia: Fairfax Community Newspapers. 1553261. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  16. ^ Shevelove, Marty (2012-09-13). "Heading to world meet". Dandenong Leader. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  17. ^ Nageshwar, Pranesh (1 February 2010). "Back-to-back titles the goal for Hills Hornets". Hills Shire Times. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  18. ^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  19. ^ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  20. ^ Gold, David (28 October 2011). "Australia name wheelchair basketball squads for London 2012 qualifying event". Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  21. ^ "Australia wheelchair basketball squad". Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  22. ^ a b "Gold Medal Game". London: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  23. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Group A Preliminary". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  24. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Group A Preliminary". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  25. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Group A Preliminary". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  26. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Quarter-finals". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  27. ^ a b "Women's Wheelchair Basketball: Semi-finals". London2012.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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