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Misty Thomas

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Misty Thomas
Personal information
Born (1964-07-01) 1 July 1964 (age 60)
Santa Monica, California, United States
Career highlights and awards

Misty Thomas (born 1 July 1964) is a Canadian basketball player.[1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[2] and became the first Canadian to compete at both the Olympics and the Paralympics.[3][4]

Biography

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Thomas was born in Santa Monica, California, before moving to Windsor when she was five years old.[5] Thomas took up basketball as a student at Vincent Massey High School, and also became a junior champion in volleyball and badminton.[5] At school, she was the leading points-scorer, and was part of the team that won the Ontario Basketball Championship in 1980.[5] Thomas then went to University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV ), where she also became the top scorer for the basketball team.[5]

Thomas was part of the Canadian team at the 1983 Summer Universiade, the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 1987 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal at the latter.[6] However, in 1985, Thomas suffered an ACL tear, which would require multiple knee operations, and go on to end her career.[5] Thomas went on to work with the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association,[7] and played with the national wheelchair team.[6]

In 2008, Thomas represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, competing in the wheelchair basketball tournament.[8]

Thomas was inducted into the UNLV Hall of Fame in 1997,[5] and in 1998, became the youngest player to be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Misty Thomas". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Misty Thomas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Misty Thomas". BC Women in Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Misty Thomas". Canada One Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Misty Thomas". Windsor/Essex County Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Misty Thomas". Windsor Public Library. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Misty Thomas: Women's Basketball (1982-86)". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Former hoops star Misty Thomas gets her kicks". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Play Misty for me - Canada's Olympic/Paralympic basketball star". FIBA. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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