Rosalie Lalonde (born March 27, 1997) is a Canadian 3.0 point

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player who won a silver medal at the

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. In 2016, she was selected as part of the team for the

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Biography

Rosalie Lalonde was born in

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, on March 27, 1997. From ages 0-18, she lives in Saint-Clet, Quebec. A 3.0 point player, she began playing

in 2011. Initially a reluctant player, she began playing locally, then for the Quebec provincial junior team, and then for the senior provincial women's team. In 2013, she played for the national side in the U21 3-on-3 women's wheelchair basketball at the Youth Parapan American Games in

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, Argentina, winning silver. In 2015, she joined the U25 national women's team, which played in the

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in June and July 2015, and then made her debut with the senior team for the

, winning silver. In May 2016, she won a scholarship to the

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, where she will play for its Crimson Tide Wheelchair basketball team, and study Human Development and Family Studies. In her first season she won the National College Championship with the Crimson Tide. After a tough loss in the final against UTA in her second year, she took home the title in her junior year 2019. To top it off, in April 2016 her Quebec team, ''Les Gladiateurs de Laval'' won the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball National League (CNWBL) Women's National Championship in

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, Quebec, defeating Edmonton Inferno 60–56. In June 2016, she was named as part of the senior national side for the

. At 19, she was the youngest player on the team.

Awards

* 2019 - Collegiate National Champion *2017 - Collegiate National Champion *2016 – Wheelchair Basketball Canada Junior Athlete of the Year * 2015 – Silver at

(

, Ontario) * 2015 – Gold at Canada Games with Team Quebec (

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) * 2013 – Silver place at Youth Parapan American Games in the U21 3-on-3 women's wheelchair basketball (

, Argentina)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lalonde, Rosalie 1997 births Canadian women's wheelchair basketball players Living people Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Canada Sportspeople from Montreal Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics