Team Canada

Personal Info: Resides: Elmira, Ontario Birthplace: Kitchener, Ontario Born: August 12, 1983 Height: 137cm Occupation: Student Athlete Info: Club: University of Alabama Coach: Bill Johnson and Brent Hardin National Team Since: 2006-2007 Began Wheelchair Basketball: 1993 Classification: 2.5

Katie Harnock recalls trying out wheelchair basketball in her driveway when she was ten, after receiving a brochure in the mail from a local club. She started playing recreationally at 13 with a Kitchener team.  She remembers getting clothes lined in her first game, which she jokingly describes as a warm welcome to the sport she loves.

Harnock works the point for Team Canada and has a knack for dribbling and passing. She packs a solid shot and isn't afraid to drive to the basket. She worked her way up from local club ball to the provincial program before making the Sr National Team in 2006.
 
The St. David Secondary School grad from Elmira, Ontario was named the Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association Junior Female Athlete of the Year in 1998. A year later she received the nod as Sr. Female Athlete of the Year.   Harnock is currently on scholarship to the University of Alabama and is studying English. She hopes one that she can become an fiction author.  She also hopes she can remain involved in wheelchair basketball by eventually becoming a coach.

Harnock has always had sports in her life, and is drawn to wheelchair basketball because if its competative spirit.  She is constantly learning new techniques and enjoys the challenge of the game.  She always looks forward to games with rival teams,  she loves playing the USA at any international event.
 

Interesting Facts:

• If she could eat dinner with anyone in the world she would dine with her sporting idol, Steven Gerrard, captain of the Liverpool Football Club. She thinks he’s the most complete midfielder in the game.

International Competition

		Date	Competition	Location
	Bronze	2010	World Championships	Birmingham, UK
	Gold	2010	BT Paralympic World Cup	Manchester, UK
	4th	2009	Invitational Tournamet	Ottawa, ON
	5th	2008	Beijing Paralympic Games	Beijing, China
	Bronze	2008	North American Cup	Birmingham, AL
	Silver	2007	Parapanamerican Games	Rio de Janeriro, Brazil
	Bronze	2007	4 Nations Tournaments	Sydney, Australia
	Gold	2007	Osaka Cup	Osaka, Japan
	Gold	2006	Gold Cup World Championships	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Bronze	2006	Roosevelt Cup Tournament	Warm Springs, Georgia
	Silver	2005	Qualificiationof Americas	Colorado Springs,USA

National Competition

		Date	Competition	Team
	Gold	2008	CWBL Women's Finals	Edmonton Inferno
	All Star	2006	CWBL Women's Championship	Burlington Vipers

• 1999 OWSA Female Athlete of the Year
• 1998 OWSA Junior Female Athlete of the Year