Hannah Dodd (Paralympian)

Hannah Dodd was born on 27 April 1992, and is from Arcadia, New South Wales. and is missing four vertebrae in her back. When she was about a year old, her kidneys started failing. Her entire renal system needed to be reconstructed. She has two older brothers. She can walk with the aide of a caliper, and also uses a wheelchair. , she is a horse riding teacher and student at the University of Western Sydney where she is majoring in sports and exercise science. ==Equestrian==

Dodd is a Grade IV equestrian competitor, In 2008, she became the youngest-ever winner of the Australian national championships. She won the Australian national championships again in 2011, along with the Oceania Championships and the National Titles team events. Dodd was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in equestrian events with her horse Waikiwi. These Games were her first, While her own costs and the cost of her horse were covered by Australian Paralympic Committee and Equestrian Australia, funds were required for her coach. ==Wheelchair basketball==

After the London Paralympics, Dodd took up wheelchair basketball. She started for the Sydney University Flames in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2013. She has to strap her fingers and wrists, and usually dislocates a shoulder during a game. "I've had a few bangs and scrapes and been tipped out of my chair a few times," she concedes, "but it's really fun. The fast pace really gives you an adrenaline kick and the girls I play with are awesome." "If I have to chose between my two sports for Rio," she said, "I will go with basketball." The Gliders won bronze. In June 2015, Dodd was selected as part of the under 25 team (known as the Devils) for the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing in July. By this time her health had deteriorated. She had to use a wheelchair much of the time, and her classification had dropped to a 2.5 point player. In 2015, she was reclassified a 2.0, and in June 2017, as a 1.0. Dodd represented Australia at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, where the Gliders came ninth. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match. She was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal in the 3x3 Women's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In June 2023, she was a member of the Gliders team at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai. ==References==