born july australian paralympic wheelchair basketball player diagnosed transverse age began playing wheelchair basketball participated australia women national wheelchair basketball team paralympics injury forced withdraw sport came national team member team represented australia won silver injury carter lost considerable mobility right arm required elbow reconstruction spent weeks continuous passive motion machine operations required treat elbow comeback played australian women team played injury year received player award named valuable player mvp point disability classification named league star rangers won titles named mvp league star personal carter born july victoria spent childhood living melbourne suburb went olympic village primary school attended years years entered obtained master therapy degrees played age diagnosed transverse bout chicken works son alex lives wheelchair basketball carter began playing wheelchair basketball rehabilitation guard point player accident point player supported das program trained national team carter participated australia women national wheelchair basketball team known precursor tournament participated member team won bronze medal world championships team finished fourth losing united_states bronze medal game crowd carter led australia scoring points game won bronze medal team world championships participated gold cup sydney australia second leading scorer points year half start summer paralympics played number test series team including series july sydney australia wins losses australian wins time canada lost years participated game test series netherlands united_states japan team won games series team win canada games scored seconds left match brought score won silver medal team sydney paralympics missed warm game team start games carter missed practice game team played germany women wheelchair basketball team illness picked team training camp took place week start games half team respiratory start paralympics attend opening ceremonies group play games scored points victory netherlands points scored international match point row team gold medal game beating japan score going gold medal game carter missed previous day training session elbow injury team lost match canada crowd spectators carter scoring points half match knocked right right arm trapped underneath wheelchair causing elbow canadian player knocked tried block way australian officials help carter lost considerable mobility right arm required elbow reconstruction spent weeks continuous passive motion machine getting treatment operations required treat elbow pre existing condition insurance company refused pay treatment paid return agreeing legal action carter carried lot anger canadian year following accident fully hand following accident occasionally required use electric wheelchair severity injury needed assistance clean home coached national team coach selected play game test series canberra japan wheelchair basketball team held march australian hosted international team summer paralympics world cup event japan quit sport told insurance cover injury tour united_states considered pay costs injury treatment quit wheelchair basketball child caused original illness took wheelchair basketball watching national team compete beijing paralympics ignited interest playing sport returned year competed nations competition canada players played participated japan friendly series selected participate national team training camp gold medal winning team osaka cup selected friendly series japan played games averaged points game assists game rebounds game played games world challenge averaged points game assists game rebounds game coached national team silver medal team summer paralympics london oldest member team member participated paralympics played match brazil australian team won sat second matches returning field team victory mexico played minutes scored points play semifinal match united_states australia won gold medal match germany team lost club played played victoria inaugural women national wheelchair basketball league completion finished final defeated half team winning points carter major reason played team played injury year received player award named valuable player mvp point disability classification named league star played games rangers averaged points game averaged assists rebounds game year played games averaged points game averaged assists rebounds game year played games averaged points game averaged assists rebounds game year rangers won titles named mvp league star played games season averaged points assists rebounds game gallery statistics
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