Katie Morrow

Katie Morrow (born 20 September 1999) is a 4.5 point British wheelchair basketball player who was the youngest player selected for Team GB wheelchair basketball team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Katie Morrow
Personal information
Full nameKatie Anne Morrow
Born (1999-09-20) 20 September 1999
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class4.5
Event(s)Women's team
ClubSheffield Steelers
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
U25 Women's World Championships
2015 Beijing, ChinaWomen's wheelchair basketball
European Championships
2015 Worcester, EnglandWomen's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Katie Morrow was born on 20 September 1999. She has an older brother. She is from County Antrim in Northern Ireland.[1] She attended Cullybackey College.[2]

As a swimmer she broke the Irish record in her age group in the freestyle relay event in 2012. She was introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2013 by Phil Robinson, the Wheelchair Basketball Performance Officer at Disability Sport Northern Ireland. She was soon playing in the Lord's Taverners Junior League, the BWB National Leagues, the National Junior Championships, the Celtic Cup, and Sainsbury’s School Games. As of 2016, she is a 4.5 point player,[3] who plays for the Sheffield Steelers in the Women's League and Knights WBC in the National League.[4]

Morrow made her debut with the senior national team at the Continental Clash in 2015,[4] and later that year made her international debut as part of the U25 team at the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing,[2][5] where it won gold.[6] This was followed by the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Worcester, where Great Britain won bronze,[7] and the 2016 Osaka Cup, where it won silver.[8][9] She won the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Junior Sportsperson of the Year award in March 2016,[2] and in May 2016, she was named as part of Team GB for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1] At 16, she was the youngest player on the team.[3] The British team produced its best ever performance at the Paralympics, making it all the way to the semi-finals, but lost to the semi-final to the United States, and then the bronze medal match to the Netherlands.[10]

Achievements

References
  1. "Paralympic Games: Great Britain's team for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. "Sports Awards: Wheelchair basketball star Katie enjoys fantastic Knight". Ballymena Times. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. "British women's wheelchair basketball team named for Rio". International Paralympic Committee. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. "Katie Morrow". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. "Great Britain Team announced for 2015 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships". British Wheelchair Basketball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  6. "Great Britain crowned Women's U25 World Champions!". British Wheelchair Basketball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. "Germany earn 10th women's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship title as hosts Britain win men's gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. "Katie in Japan!". Ballymena Guardian. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  9. "GB push Germany in Final, take home Osaka Cup silver". The Undersized Basketball Podcast. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  10. "Ballymena Schoolgirl Katie Morrow Misses Out on Rio Medal". BBC Sport. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  11. "GB wheelchair basketball name women's squad for Euros". BBC Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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