Katie Harnock

Team Canada - No 10 - Katie Harnock
Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 40) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Disability class	2.0
Event	Women's team
College team	University of Alabama
Medal record Wheelchair basketball 2002 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball 2014 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup Women's wheelchair basketball 2007 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2011 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2015 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball 2010 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball

Katie Harnock (/ˈhɑːrnɒk/ HAR-nok;^[1] born August 12, 1983) is a Canadian 2.0 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Biography

Katie Harnock was born in Kitchener, Ontario, on August 12, 1983. She attended St. David Catholic Secondary School. She commenced playing wheelchair basketball in 1993, when she was just 10 years old, after she received a local club's brochure in the mail. She joined her local team in Kitchener when she was 13. In 1998 she was named the Junior Female Athlete of the Year by the Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association. She joined the senior national team in 2006, and made her Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, where Canada came fifth. In 2012, she participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Canada came sixth. She attended the University of Alabama, where she studied English, graduating in 2013.^[2]

Harnock was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014,^[3] and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.^[4]

Awards

• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) ^[2]