Janna Crawford

American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Janna Lynette Mizens née Ellsworth (born November 18, 1974) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. She has won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1]

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Janna Mizens
Personal information
Nationality United States
BornAuburn, Washington
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alma materAuburn (Auburn, Washington)
Spouse
(m. 2008)
Medal record
Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball
2004 Summer ParalympicsWheelchair basketball
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Career

Crawford attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she competed on their women's wheelchair basketball team and was named to the second team All-Tournament.[2] She wrote her masters thesis on "Constraints of elite athletes with disabilities in Kenya," which she later published with Monika Stodolska in the Journal of Leisure Research.[3]

She competed with Team USA at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[4] At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she recorded nine points and 10 rebounds to help Team USA win gold over Australia.[5]

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