Annabelle Dennis
{{short description|Australian wheelchair basketball player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}}
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| country = Australia
| sport = Wheelchair basketball
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Annabelle Dennis (born 19 January 1999) is a 4.5 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders) at the 2022 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships in Phuket in May 2022. In June 2023, she represented Australia at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai. In October 2023 she will captain the Australian Under 25 wheelchair basketball team (the Devils) at the 2023 IWBF U25 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships being held in Bangkok.
Biography
Annabelle Dennis was born on 19 January 1999.{{cite web |title= Annabelle Dennis |publisher= Basketball Australia |url=https://australia.basketball/player/annabelle-dennis/ |access-date=16 June 2023}} She attended Westminster School in Adelaide, from which she graduated in 2016.{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Old Scholar... |publisher= Westminster School |date=17 May 2022 |via=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/WestminsterSchoolAdelaide/posts/congratulations-to-old-scholar-annabelle-dennis-16-who-has-been-selected-to-play/5667023423311990/ |access-date=16 June 2023}} When she was 13, an accident while kneeboarding left her with complex regional pain syndrome. In 2021, she took up wheelchair basketball.{{cite video |title=Adelaide woman hit with painful condition in horror accident dominates wheelchair basketball |publisher=7NEWS Australia |date=4 June 2022 |via=Youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1GfJFrb7s&ab_channel=7NEWSAustralia |access-date=16 June 2023 }} She is a 4.5 point player.
In May 2022, she was selected to play with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders) in the 2022 Asia Oceania Championships.{{cite web |title=2022 Asia Oceania Championships Wheelchair Basketball Teams Announced |publisher= Basketball NSW |url=https://www.bnsw.com.au/news/2022-asia-oceania-championships-wheelchair-basketball-teams-announced/ |access-date=16 June 2023}} In June 2023, she was a member of the Gliders team at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.{{cite web |title=Rollers And Gliders Teams Named For World Championships |publisher= Paralympics Australia |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2023/05/rollers-and-gliders-teams-named-for-world-championships/ |access-date=16 June 2023}}
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Category:Australian women's wheelchair basketball players
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen