Karen Farrell

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Karen Farrell
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born24 April 1962
Glasgow, Scotland
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Women's wheelchair basketball

Karen Farrell (born 24 April 1962) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, who won two silver medals at the Paralympic Games.

Personal[edit]

She was born in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] Farrell is from Sydney.[2] She became a paraplegic at the age of fifteen, when a car she was a passenger in slid off the road after trying to pass a truck.[2] At the time of the accident, she was not belted into her seat and sustained back, head and neck injuries.[2] Other passengers in the car who were belted in had much less severe injuries.[2] When she is not competing, she works as an Information Technology Consultant.[2]

Basketball[edit]

Farrell is a New South Wales Institute of Sport athlete.[3] She has been a member of the New South Wales women's state basketball team and competed at the national championships.[2] In 2001, she was a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport.[4] In 2000, she was also sponsored by the Motor Accidents Authority in New South Wales.[5]

National team[edit]

Farrell was a member of Australia's national team by 1994. That year and in 1998, she was part of the Australian team that finished third at the Gold Cup tournament.[2] She won two silver medals as part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Paralympics.[6]

Club basketball[edit]

In 2008, Farrell played her club basketball of the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL)'s Hills Hornets.[7] Her team mates included Liesl Tesch,[7] who was on the same team as Farrell when they earned their 2000 and 2004 Paralympic medals.[8]

Recognition[edit]

In 2008, Farrell received a Basketball Australia Merit Award.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Karen Farrell". New South Wales, Australia: Motor Accidents Authority. 1999. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ^ "NSWIS Olympic and Paralympic Medallists" (PDF). New South Wales Institute of Sport. 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ^ Fogarty, Mick (Winter–Spring 2001). "Medal Honour Roll — AIS athletes" (PDF). AIS Alumni (2 ed.). Australian Institute of Sport: 1. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Success". Parliament of New South Wales. 1 November 2000. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Hornets dominate round 1 WNWBL actio". Australia: Basketball Australia. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. ^ "WorkCover Authority of New South Wales - Liesl Tesch". WorkCover Authority of New South Wales. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Basketball Australia Merit Awards" (PDF). Basketball Australia Annual Report (2008 ed.). Australia: Basketball Australia: 47. 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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