Clare Nott

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Clare Nott

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Nott
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1986-08-11) 11 August 1986
Newcastle, New South Wales
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Disability class 1.0
Event(s) Women's team
Club Be Active Western Stars
Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Bronze 2008 Beijing Women's Wheelchair basketball
Silver 2012 London Women's Wheelchair basketball

Clare Nott (née Burzynski) (born 11 August 1986) is an Australian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who plays for the Western Stars in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Perth Wheelcats in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). She participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal.

A paraplegic as a result of a motor vehicle accident, Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent in 2005. She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of the its All Star Five in 2009, 2010 and 2011. She has also won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats. She made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in a tournament in Canada in 2005, and has since played 141 international games. She won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.

Personal

Clare Louise Burzynski was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 11 August 1986,[1][2] the daughter of Eddie and Barbara Burzynski. She has an older sister, Lauren. All four members of the family were injured in a car accident on 28 June 1989, while holidaying in Queensland. Clare was treated at the hospital in Nambour, Queensland and then at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane.[3] It was discovered that her spinal cord was severed at the T8 spinal nerve,[3] rendering her a paraplegic.[1]

Burzynski was educated at Tranby College from 1996 to 2000, and at Ormiston College from 2000 to 2004.[4] She attended Monash University, and As of 2013 lives in Lansdale, Western Australia,[1][5] and attends Murdoch University, where she is pursuing Bachelor of Legal Studies and Bachelor of Criminology degrees.[2][4] She is married to Lee Nott, and works as a legal secretary.[6] Before becoming a basketball player, she competed in swimming from 1998 to 2000.[7]

Basketball

Nott is a 1.0 point player,[1] who plays point guard.[5] The Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$20,000 grant in financial year 2012/2013, and $11,000 in 2011/2012 as part of its Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program.[8] She was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 2009 to 2012.[9][10]

Club

Nott plays club basketball for the Be Active Western Stars in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Perth Wheelcats in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL).[5] She played for the Queensland Comets) from 2005 to 2006, and for the Western Stars since 2007. She has won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats.[7]

Clare Nott waits to be given the ball before a throw in

In 2005 Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent.[11] She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of the WNWBL All Star Five in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[12][13] She names Alison Mosely, who helped her in the early stages of her basketball career, as her sporting heroine.[11][14]

National team

An interview with Nott and three other members of the Gliders

Nott made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders,[15] in a tournament in Canada in 2005. She also won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.[11][16] She was part of the bronze medal winning Gliders team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[1][17][18] and the fourth place finishing team at the 2010 World Championships.[1] As of 2013, has played 141 international games.[19]

Nott was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The Gliders posted wins in the group stage against Brazil,[20] Great Britain,[21] and the Netherlands,[22] but lost to the Canada.[23] This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.[24] The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.[25] The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.[26]

Statistics

Season statistics[4]
Competition Season Matches FGM–FGA FG% 3FGM–3FGA 3FG% FTM–FTA FT% PF Pts TOT AST PTS
WNWBL 2009 17 43–98 43.9 — 0.0 1–10 10.0 34 87 5.8 3.3 5.1
WNWBL 2010 17 35–72 48.6 — 0.0 2–7 28.6 23 72 5.9 3.1 4.2
WNWBL 2011 19 74–191 38.7 — 0.0 7–29 24.1 38 155 4.9 5.1 8.2
WNWBL 2012 15 35–116 30.2 — 0.0 1–12 8.3 33 71 4.9 4.7 4.7
WNWBL 2013 12 43–82 52.4 — 0.0 1–7 14.3 19 87 5.1 6.5 7.3
Key
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage 3FGM, 3FGA, 3FG%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage PF: personal fouls
Pts, PTS: points, average per game TOT: turnovers average per game, AST: assists average per game

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Wheelchair Basketball". Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games. Homebush Bay, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. pp. 92–99 [98]. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Clare Louise Burzynski". Clare Nott. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Clare Louise Burzynski – Part 2". Clare Nott. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Player Profile – Clare Nott (1.0)". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 4 June 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Clare Nott". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Clare Nott". Sports Hydrant. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Clare Burzynski". FIBA. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Grant Funding Report". Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2012. 
  9. ↑ "WAIS Wheelchair Basketball Athletes Gain Gold". Western Australian Institute of Sport. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Annual Report 2011/12". Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Clare Nott". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  12. ↑ "All Star Five". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Victoria Dandenong Rangers Take Home 2011 WNWBL Trophy". Australian Athletes With a Disability. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Elite sportswomen – Clare Nott". Sports Hydrant. Retrieved 14 August 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Gliders". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2013. 
  16. ↑ Nageshwar, Pranesh (1 February 2010). "Back-to-back titles the goal for Hills Hornets". Hills Shire Times. Retrieved 17 September 2012. 
  17. ↑ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  19. ↑ Official Results Book – Paralympic Games London 2012. London: London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. 2012. p. 4152. 
  20. ↑ Abbott, Chris (30 August 2012). "Gliders Prevail in Thriller". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2013. 
  21. ↑ Abbott, Chris (31 August 2012). "Gliders Win Comfortably Against Host". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2013. 
  22. ↑ Abbott, Chris (2 September 2012). "Gliders Secure Quarter Final Place". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Gliders shocked by Canada". Basketball Australia. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013. 
  24. ↑ Abbott, Chris (4 September 2012). "Gliders Dominate Mexico". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 
  25. ↑ "Gliders down champions to reach final". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013. 
  26. ↑ Paxinos, Stathi (9 September 2013). "Gliders get rolled for gold by German muscle". The Age. Retrieved 1 February 2013. 
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