:Clare Nott

Clare Louise Burzynski was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 11 August 1986,{{cite book|title=Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|year=2012|location=Homebush Bay, New South Wales|chapter=Wheelchair Basketball|pages=92–99 [98]}}{{cite web |url=http://clare-nott.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/clare-louise-burzynski.html |title=Clare Louise Burzynski |publisher=Clare Nott |date=15 January 2009 |access-date=2 August 2013}} the daughter of Eddie and Barbara Burzynski. She has an older sister, Lauren. All four members of the family were injured in a car accident on 28 June 1989, while holidaying in Queensland. Clare was treated at the hospital in Nambour, Queensland and then at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane. It was discovered that her spinal cord was severed at the T8 spinal nerve,{{cite web |url=http://clare-nott.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/clare-louise-burzynski-part-2.html |title=Clare Louise Burzynski – Part 2 |publisher=Clare Nott |date=9 February 2009 |access-date=2 August 2013}} rendering her a paraplegic.

Burzynski was educated at Tranby College from 1996 to 2000, and at Ormiston College from 2000 to 2004. {{as of|2013}} lives in Landsdale, Western Australia,{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/nott-clare-5515079/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526204750/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/nott-clare-5515079/ |archive-date=26 May 2013 |title=Clare Nott|publisher=London2012.com|access-date=16 September 2012}} and attended Murdoch University, where she graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Legal Studies and Criminology degree. She is married to Lee Nott, and works as a legal secretary.{{cite web |url=http://sportforwomen.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors-sportswomen/show/clare-nott |title=Clare Nott |publisher=Sports Hydrant |access-date=20 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220616/http://sportforwomen.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors-sportswomen/show/clare-nott |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead }} Before becoming a basketball player, she competed in swimming from 1998 to 2004.

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Nott is a 1.0 point player, who plays point guard. The Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$20,000 grant in financial year 2012/2013, and $11,000 in 2011/2012 as part of its Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program.{{cite web|url=https://ausport.gov.au/supporting/funding/grants_and_scholarships/grant_funding_report|title=Grant Funding Report|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Bruce, Australian Capital Territory|access-date=15 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410184601/http://www.ausport.gov.au/supporting/funding/grants_and_scholarships/grant_funding_report|archive-date=10 April 2012}} She was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 2009 to 2012.{{cite web|date=20 October 2009|access-date=6 November 2011|publisher=Western Australian Institute of Sport|url=http://www.wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?ID=647|title=WAIS Wheelchair Basketball Athletes Gain Gold}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3815264a02adef027d4ddd2d48257a7f000ddb3c/$file/5264.pdf |title=Annual Report 2011/12 |publisher=Western Australian Institute of Sport |access-date=2 August 2013 }}

Nott plays club basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). In the WNWBL she played for the Queensland Comets from 2005 to 2006, the Western Stars since 2007 to 2014, and the Kilsyth Cobras since 2015. She won two Women's National League premierships with the Western Stars (2013) and the Kilsyth Cobras (2015). In the NWBL she played for the Brisbane Spinning Bullets in 2006, the Perth Wheelcats from 2007 to 2011, and the Red Dust Heelers since 2014. She has won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/mysport.cgi?mID=318854 |title=Clare Burzynski |publisher=FIBA |access-date=2 August 2013 }}

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In 2005 Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent. She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of the WNWBL All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. She was the first female to be named in a NWBL All Star 5 in 2014 while representing the Red Dust Heelers. She was also WNWBL Final Series MVP in 2015 while representing the Kilsyth Cobras.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=11-6734-0-0-0&sID=126313&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15953338 |title=All Star Five |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=16 July 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sports.org.au/athletes-profiles/235-victoria-dandenong-rangers-take-home-2011-wnwbl-trophy |title=Victoria Dandenong Rangers Take Home 2011 WNWBL Trophy |publisher=Australian Athletes With a Disability |access-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412091923/http://sports.org.au/athletes-profiles/235-victoria-dandenong-rangers-take-home-2011-wnwbl-trophy |archive-date=12 April 2013 }} She names Alison Mosely, who helped her in the early stages of her basketball career, as her sporting heroine.{{cite web |url=http://sportforwomen.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors-sportswomen/show/clare-nott |title=Elite sportswomen – Clare Nott |publisher=Sports Hydrant |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220616/http://sportforwomen.com.au/ambassadors/ambassadors-sportswomen/show/clare-nott |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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Nott made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders,{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=334 |title=Gliders |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=25 July 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226202712/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=334 |url-status=dead }} in a tournament in Canada in 2005. She also won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/clare-nott-nee-burzynski |title=Clare Nott |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220524/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/clare-nott-nee-burzynski |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Nageshwar |first=Pranesh |url=http://hills-shire-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/back-to-back-titles-the-goal-for-hills-hornets/ |title=Back-to-back titles the goal for Hills Hornets |publisher=Hills Shire Times |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=17 September 2012}} She was part of the bronze medal-winning Gliders team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=/paralympics/2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913083648/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=/paralympics/2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2008|access-date=9 September 2011|date=4 September 2008|title=Event guide: Wheelchair basketball|publisher=ABC|first=Andrew|last=McGarry}}{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|publisher=Basketball Australia|year=2010|title=Basketball Chronology|access-date=9 September 2011|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025545/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|url-status=dead}} and the fourth-place finishing team at the 2010 World Championships. {{As of|2013}}, has played 141 international games.{{cite book |title=Official Results Book – Paralympic Games London 2012 |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games |page=4152 |location=London |year=2012 }}

Nott was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The Gliders posted wins in the group stage against Brazil,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-prevail-thriller |title=Gliders Prevail in Thriller |date=30 August 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721213935/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-prevail-thriller |archive-date=21 July 2015 }} Great Britain,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-win-comfortably-against-host |title=Gliders Win Comfortably Against Host |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721213911/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-win-comfortably-against-host |archive-date=21 July 2015 }} and the Netherlands,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-secure-quarter-final-place |title=Gliders Secure Quarter Final Place |date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233530/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-secure-quarter-final-place |archive-date= 3 March 2016 }} but lost to the Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2701&cHash=a1295ff31f |title=Gliders shocked by Canada |date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191542/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2701&cHash=a1295ff31f |archive-date=29 October 2013 }} This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-dominate-mexico |title=Gliders Dominate Mexico |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=2 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721213922/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-dominate-mexico |archive-date=21 July 2015 }} The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-07/gliders-down-champions-to-reach-final/4247772 |title=Gliders down champions to reach final |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=30 January 2013 }} The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/gliders-get-rolled-for-gold-by-german-muscle-20120908-25kzz.html#ixzz2JZwF7Ntf |title=Gliders get rolled for gold by German muscle |publisher=The Age |last=Paxinos|first=Stathi |date=9 September 2013 |access-date=1 February 2013}}

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The team earned a silver medal at the 2015 Asia-Oceania Championship; however, they did not qualify for the 2016 paralympics in Rio.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/hamburg-2018-clare-nott-more-motivated |title=Hamburg 2018: Clare Nott more motivated |author= |date=July 16, 2018 |website=International Paralympic Committee |publisher= |access-date=September 9, 2024}}

Nott was named as one of the Women’s All-Star Five at the 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.{{cite web |url=https://iwbf.org/2017/10/31/mvps-star-five-named-2017-iwbf-asia-oceania-championships/|title=MVP's and All Star Five named at 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championship |author= |date=October 31, 2017 |website=International Wheelchair Basketball |publisher= |access-date=September 9, 2024}}

Nott retired from the National Team in May 2019;{{cite web |url=https://www.spartansbasketball.net.au/2019-international-player-of-the-year-awards/ |title=2019 International Player of the Year Awards |author= |date=October 31, 2017 |website=Spartans Basketball |publisher= |access-date=September 9, 2024}} her final game was against Spain.

In 2024, she works as a public speaker in Perth.{{cite web |url=https://www.frasersproperty.com.au/Inspiration/2024/09/11/Live-your-best-costal-life-at-Port-Coogee |title=Port Coogee |author= |date=September 11, 2024 |website=Frasers Property |publisher= |access-date=September 9, 2024}}

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