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Joy Haizelden

Wheelchair basketball

Date of Birth

1 December 1998

Place of Birth

The Republic of China

Commonwealth Appearances
2026 Commonwealth Games 2022 Commonwealth Games
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Joy Haizelden returns to Team England for a second Commonwealth Games, as her remarkable sporting story continues.

Haizelden won bronze at Birmingham 2022, as 3x3 wheelchair basketball made its first appearance.

It was another medal in an impressive collection for Haizelden, who is a three-time Paralympian and world silver medallist.

Haizelden has completed a PhD at the University of Alabama, where she has played since 2022.

She was just 17 when she went to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, as Great Britain finished fourth, and Haizelden has been a key player ever since.

She moved to the UK aged six after she was adopted, having been born in China.

Wheelchair basketball
An exciting, action-packed, smaller format of the 5x5 game, 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball made history in Birmingham when the sport made its Commonwealth Games debut.
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