After becoming paralyzed from the waist down at the age of 16 following a car accident, Ohama was approached a Calgary Grizzlies player in a store who convinced her to play the sport.[2] She was eventually invited to tryout for the Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team in 1989.[3] Ohama made her senior debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, where Team Canada won gold.[4] She also won gold at the 1996 and 2000 Paralympic Games and bronze at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1] Ohama was later named to Team Canada's roster for the 2008 Osaka Cup in Japan.[5]
In March 2011, Ohama was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the 2011 Parapan American Games.[6] Although the Calgary Rollers finished in third place, she was selected as a Tournament All-Star.[7] In June, Ohama was awarded a $5,000 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.[8] The next year, Ohama was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[9] On December 22, 2012, Ohama announced her retirement from the Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team.[10] After retiring, she became a goldsmith at a family-run business called "The Goldsmiths."[11]
References
^ ab"Kendra Ohama". wheelchairbasketball.ca. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
