Arinn Young

Arinn Young (born July 10, 1996) is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Arinn Young

Team Canada – No 6 – Arinn Young
Personal information
Born	July 10, 1996 St. Albert, Alberta
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Disability class	4.5
Event(s)	Women's team
Team	Edmonton Inferno
Medal record Wheelchair basketball 2014 World Championships Women's wheelchair basketball 2015 Parapan American Games Women's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Arinn Young was born in St. Albert, Alberta, on July 10, 1996.[1] She is nicknamed "Juice" due to her practice of drinkling juice boxes during a game.[2] She started playing basketball when she was five years old,[3] and went on to win 15 MVP awards and two city championships.[1] She also played other sports, including lacrosse and horse riding, and was placed third in shot-put at the Alberta Track and Field Provincial Championship.[1][3]

An injury while playing lacrosse when she was 14 saw her right knee swell up. It apparently returned to normal but "popped" a number of times over the following year. An MRI revealed an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Her meniscus was damaged and her femur, patella and fibula were bone on bone, which causes accelerated wear on the bones. A series of surgical procedures followed.[3] She continued playing basketball with the Morinville Community High School Lady Wolves until 2013, when she severely injured her good knee in the opening game at the North Central Zone Tournament.[4]

Young was introduced to wheelchair basketball by Max MacMillan, a friend of her father's and a wheelchair basketball coach whose daughter played the sport.[3] Able to walk normally, Young is classified as a 4.5 point player.[1]

She began playing for the Edmonton Inferno in 2012, placing fourth in the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League Women's National Championship in Richmond, British Columbia, and finished first in the Canadian Women's Championship in Edmonton in 2013.[5] In 2013, she was named to the All Star Five.[6] She joined the U25 national team in 2013,[4] and made her international debut with the senior women's team as the youngest player on the team at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014,[1] winning a gold medal.[5][7] She won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.[8]

Statistics

Competition	Season	Matches	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OR-DR	AST	PTS	Source
World Championships	2014	3	7-15	46.7	0-0	0	0-1	0	2-9	1	14	[1]

Key

FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage	3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage	OR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points	AST: assists

Notes

1. "Arinn Young". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
2. "Arinn Young (Dah Juice) on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
3. "The Life Of Arinn Young". Blogspot. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
4. "MCHS Basketball Player Makes Team Canada's Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball Team". Morinville Community High School. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
5. Dafoe, Stephen (13 July 2014). "Legal athlete is a wheelchair basketball World Champion". The Mornville News. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
6. "BC Breakers Finish 4th at 2013 Women's CWBL Finals". Wheelchair Basketball BC. April 29, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
7. "Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women's World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
8. "Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• Interview: Arinn Young (Canada) | 2014 IWBF Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships