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| Born | (1990-01-20) January 20, 1990 (age 34) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sitting volleyball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | VS1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jolan Wong (born January 20, 1990) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player.
Career
Wong 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.
On July 22, 2024, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. She won a bronze medal in sitting volleyball, Canada's first ever medal in the event.
Personal life
Wong was diagnosed with bone cancer at 12 years old which resulted in her leg being amputated at 13 years old.
References
- "Jolan Wong". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- "Historic silver medal for Canada at sitting volleyball world championships". paralympic.ca. November 11, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- "Canada's women's sitting volleyball team nominated for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games". paralympic.ca. July 22, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- "Canadian women's sitting volleyball team ends Paralympic team sport podium drought". The Chronicle-Journal. September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- Dixon, Anthony (August 5, 2021). "Laurentian Valley's Jolan Wong ready to compete at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Pembroke Daily Observer. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Canadian sitting volleyball players
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Paralympic volleyball players for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Paralympic medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Women's sitting volleyball players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Volleyball players from Edmonton
- Canadian Paralympic medalist stubs
- Sitting volleyball biography stubs