Jennifer Oakes (volleyball)

{{short description|Canadian sitting volleyball player (born 1998)}}

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| full_name = Jennifer Gerilyn Oakes

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| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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| sport = Sitting volleyball

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Jennifer Gerilyn Oakes (born February 4, 1998) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player.

Career

Oakes competed at the World Para Volleyball Championship in 2022 and won a silver medal, Canada's first ever medal in sitting volleyball at a major international event.{{cite web |url=https://paralympic.ca/news/historic-silver-medal-canada-sitting-volleyball-world-championships/ |title=Historic silver medal for Canada at sitting volleyball world championships |website=paralympic.ca |date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}

On July 22, 2024, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://paralympic.ca/news/canadas-womens-sitting-volleyball-team-nominatedfor-paris-2024-paralympic-games/ |title=Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team nominated for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games |website=paralympic.ca |date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://paralympic.ca/news/heidi-peters-sets-focus-medal-we-cant-wait/ |title=Heidi Peters sets focus on a medal: ’We can’t wait’ |website=paralympic.ca |date=May 30, 2024 |access-date=September 7, 2024}} She won a bronze medal in sitting volleyball, Canada's first ever medal in the event.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclejournal.com/sports/national_sports/canadian-womens-sitting-volleyball-team-ends-paralympic-team-sport-podium-drought/article_4f7220b7-ae3a-5995-bf77-955dd3c80d77.html |title= Canadian women's sitting volleyball team ends Paralympic team sport podium drought |newspaper=The Chronicle-Journal |date=September 7, 2024 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}

Personal life

In July 2015, Oakes injured her right leg in a boating accident.{{cite web |url=https://paralympic.ca/athlete/jennifer-oakes/ |title=Jennifer Oakes |website=paralympic.ca |access-date=September 7, 2024}} She wasn't holding on and was knocked off the front of the boat and run over. The propeller narrowly missed her head and torso. Doctors were forced to amputate her leg below the knee.{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/oakes-starring-for-canada-s-paralympic-volleyball-team-13-months-after-accident-1.3068449 |title=Oakes starring for Canada's Paralympic volleyball team 13 months after accident |website=ctvnews.ca |date=September 12, 2016 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}