Jessica Cronje (born 25 January 1998) is a 4.0 point Australian

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

player. She made her international debut with the

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(the Gliders) at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian U25 team (the Devils) that won silver at the

2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Suphanburi Indoor Stadium in Thailand, from 23 to 27 May 2019. It was the third wheelchair basketball world championship for women in the under-25 age category. Eight na ...

in Suphanburi, Thailand, and she represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in

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and the

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Biography

Jessica Cronje was born on 25 January 1998. She has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...

. She attended Camden High School and in 2020 lives in Menangle, New South Wales.

Career

A 4.0 point forward, Cronje made her international debut with the

(the Gliders) at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. She was a member of the Australian U25 team (the Devils) that won the silver medal at the

2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing from 30 June to 6 July 2015. Six nations competed: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. The e ...

in Suphanburi, Thailand. In 2020, the AMP Foundation's Tomorrow Fund awarded her $10,000 to help buy a custom-built sports wheelchair that she aimed to use at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. The Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match in Tokyo.She went on to play with the Gliders at the

in June 2023. Besides wheelchair basketball, she is classified as a T37 track and field athlete. In 2015, she was named the Athlete of the Year by the South West Sydney Academy of Sports.

References

External links

Basketball Australia Profile

AMP Tomorrow Maker Jessica Cronje YouTube
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