Alison Kabush (born 2 August 1980) is a Canadian

boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

player. She's won two bronze medals at the

2000 Paralympic Games The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

and

2004 Paralympic Games ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

Career

Kabush grew up in

Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surr ...

and began playing Boccia with the provincial team at the age of 13. She competed in her first Paralympics during the

, where she won a bronze medal. Kabush was later named to Team Canada's Paralympic team prior to the

and won a bronze medal with partner Paul Gauthier. In 2011, Kabush was selected to compete at the Boccia World Cup. She was inducted into the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association's Hall of Fame in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kabush, Alison 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Vancouver Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia Paralympic boccia players for Canada Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada Boccia players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics