Paige Crozon
{{Short description|Canadian basketball player}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|07|05}}
|birth_place = Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada
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|medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|FIBA 3x3 World Cup}}
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Paige Crozon (born July 5, 1994) is a Canadian basketball player for the national women’s 3x3 team.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/Paige-Crozon/|title=Paige Crozon|website=wwww.olympic.ca|date=25 October 2011 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=7 July 2024}}
Career
Crozon represented Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico. Crozon started her 3x3 career in 2019. Crozon was part of the Canadian team that won the FIBA 3×3 Women's Series in 2022 and 2023.{{Cite web|last=Morrison|first=Chloe|date=17 September 2023|title=Canada wins second straight FIBA 3×3 Women's Series Title|url=https://olympic.ca/2023/09/17/canada-wins-second-straight-fiba-3x3-womens-series-title/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=7 July 2024|website=www.olympic.ca}}{{cite web|url=https://womensseries.fiba3x3.com/2022/news/canada-win-fiba-3x3-women-s-series-2022|title=Canada win FIBA 3x3 Women's Series 2022|date=6 November 2022|website=www.womensseries.fiba3x3.com/|publisher=FIBA|access-date=7 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/canada-win-fiba-3x3-women-s-series-2023|title=Canada win FIBA 3x3 Women's Series 2023|date=17 September 2023|website=www.fiba.basketball|publisher=FIBA|access-date=7 July 2024}}{{cite news|last=Seward|first=Justin|date=19 September 2023|title=Bosch, Crozon and Team Canada repeat as 3×3 Women's Series champions|url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/lethbridge-sports/2023/09/19/Crozon-crozon-and-team-canada-repeat-as-3x3-womens-series-champions/|work=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada|access-date=7 July 2024}}
In May 2024, Crozon led Team Canada to Olympic qualification.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7191984|title=Paige Crozon leads Canadian 3x3 basketball team to win in Olympic qualifying tourney opener|date=3 May 2024|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=7 July 2024}} In June 2024, Crozon was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team.{{Cite web|last=Fenton|first=Caela|date=10 June 2024|title=Team Canada to send first 3x3 basketball team to Olympic Games at Paris 2024|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/06/10/team-canada-to-send-first-3x3-basketball-team-to-olympic-games-at-paris-2024/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=7 July 2024|website=www.olympic.ca}}{{cite web|last=McLernon|first=Will|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-basketball-player-heading-to-olympics-1.7235551|title=Sask. basketball player heading to Olympics hopes to inspire daughter, young hoopers to chase dreams|date=15 June 2024|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC News|access-date=7 July 2024}}
Personal life
While competing for Canada, Crozon is raising a child while managing the Living Skies Indigenous Basketball League.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/3x3-basketball/olympics-basketball-3x3-paige-crozon-profile-1.6916555|last=Dichter|first=Myles|title=With daughter Poppy by her side, Canada's Crozon chases Olympic basketball dream|date=27 July 2023|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=7 July 2024}} Crozon is also the assistant coach at the University of Lethbridge.{{cite news|date=10 June 2024|title=Meet Saskatchewan's Paige Crozon, headed to Olympics in 3x3 basketball|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/meet-saskatchewans-paige-crozon-headed-to-olympics-in-3x3-basketball|work=The StarPhoenix|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada|access-date=7 July 2024}}
References
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External links
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Category:Basketball people from Saskatchewan
Category:Canadian women's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Category:Canada women's national basketball team players
Category:3x3 basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics