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Clare Nott
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Nott
Personal information
NicknameBuzz
NationalityAustralia
Born(1986-08-11)11 August 1986(age 38)
Newcastle, New South Wales,Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class1.0
EventWomen's team
ClubKilsyth Cobras and Red Dust Heelers
Medal record
Women'swheelchair basketball
RepresentingAustralia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team competition

Clare Nott(néeBurzynski,born 11 August 1986) is a former Australian1.0 pointwheelchair basketballplayer who played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). She participated in the2008 Summer ParalympicsinBeijing,where she won a bronze medal, and the2012 Summer ParalympicsinLondon,where she won a silver medal.

Aparaplegicas a result of acar crash,Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent in 2005. She was the league'sMost Valuable Player(MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of its All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. She has also won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats and two National Women's League premierships with the Western Stars (2013) and the Kilsyth Cobras (2015). She made her debut with theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team,known as the Gliders, in a tournament in Canada in 2005, and has since played 141 international games. She won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.

Personal life

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Clare Louise Burzynski was born inNewcastle, New South Wales,on 11 August 1986,[1][2]the daughter of Eddie and Barbara Burzynski. She has an older sister, Lauren. All four members of the family were injured in a car accident on 28 June 1989, while holidaying in Queensland. Clare was treated at the hospital inNambour, Queenslandand then at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane.[3]It was discovered that her spinal cord was severed at the T8spinal nerve,[3]rendering her aparaplegic.[1]

Burzynski was educated atTranby Collegefrom 1996 to 2000, and atOrmiston Collegefrom 2000 to 2004.[4]As of 2013lives in Landsdale,Western Australia,[1][5]and attendedMurdoch University,where she graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Legal Studies and Criminology degree.[2][4]She is married to Lee Nott, and works as a legal secretary.[6]Before becoming a basketball player, she competed inswimmingfrom 1998 to 2004.[7]

Basketball

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Nott at the 2012 London Paralympics

Nott is a1.0 point player,[1]who playspoint guard.[5]TheAustralian Sports Commissiongave her aA$20,000 grant infinancial year2012/2013, and $11,000 in 2011/2012 as part of its Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program.[8]She was aWestern Australian Institute of Sportscholarship holder from 2009 to 2012.[9][10]

Club

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Nott plays club basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL).[5]In the WNWBL she played for the Queensland Comets from 2005 to 2006, the Western Stars since 2007 to 2014, and the Kilsyth Cobras since 2015. She won two Women's National League premierships with the Western Stars (2013) and the Kilsyth Cobras (2015). In the NWBL she played for the Brisbane Spinning Bullets in 2006, the Perth Wheelcats from 2007 to 2011, and the Red Dust Heelers since 2014. She has won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats.[7]

Clare Nott waits to be given the ball before a throw in

In 2005 Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent.[11]She was the league'sMost Valuable Player(MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of the WNWBL All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. She was the first female to be named in a NWBL All Star 5 in 2014 while representing the Red Dust Heelers. She was also WNWBL Final Series MVP in 2015 while representing the Kilsyth Cobras.[12][13]She namesAlison Mosely,who helped her in the early stages of her basketball career, as her sporting heroine.[11][14]

National team

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An interview with Nott and three other members of the Gliders

Nott made her debut with theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team,known as the Gliders,[15]in a tournament in Canada in 2005. She also won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.[11][16]She was part of the bronze medal-winning Gliders team at the2008 Summer Paralympicsin Beijing,[1][17][18]and the fourth-place finishing team at the 2010 World Championships.[1]As of 2013,has played 141 international games.[19]

Nott was part of theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympicsin London. The Gliders posted wins in the group stage against Brazil,[20]Great Britain,[21]and the Netherlands,[22]but lost to the Canada.[23]This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.[24]The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.[25]The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.[26]

The team earned a silver medal at the 2015 Asia-Oceania Championship; however, they did not qualify for the 2016 paralympics in Rio.[27]

Nott was named as one of the Women’s All-Star Five at the 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.[28]

Nott retired from the National Team in May 2019;[29]her final game was against Spain.

In 2024, she works as a public speaker in Perth.[30]

Statistics

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Season statistics[4][31]
Competition Season Matches FGM–FGA FG% 3FGM–3FGA 3FG% FTM–FTA FT% PF Pts TOT AST PTS
WNWBL 2009 17 43–98 43.9 0.0 1–10 10.0 34 87 5.8 3.3 5.1
WNWBL 2010 17 35–72 48.6 0.0 2–7 28.6 23 72 5.9 3.1 4.2
WNWBL 2011 19 74–191 38.7 0.0 7–29 24.1 38 155 4.9 5.1 8.2
WNWBL 2012 15 35–116 30.2 0.0 1–12 8.3 33 71 4.9 4.7 4.7
WNWBL 2013 12 43–82 52.4 0.0 --- 14.3 19 87 5.1 6.5 7.3
WNWBL 2014 1 5-8 62 0.0 1–7 --- --- --- 1 --- ---
WNWBL 2015 1 2-7 29 0.0 1 --- --- --- --- --- ---
WNWBL 2016 15 21-47 45 0.0 1–2 50 --- --- 1.4 0.53 ---
WNWBL 2017 3 4-7 57.14 0.0 --- --- --- --- 2.67 1 ---
WNWBL 2018 3 4-11 36.36 0.0 1 --- --- --- 1.33 1.33 ---
WNWBL 2019 3 3-6 50 0.0 --- --- --- --- 1.67 0.33 ---
Key
FGM,FGA,FG%:field goalsmade, attempted andpercentage 3FGM,3FGA,3FG%:three-point field goalsmade, attempted and percentage
FTM,FTA,FT%:free throwsmade, attempted and percentage PF:personal fouls
Pts,PTS:points,average per game TOT:turnoversaverage per game,AST:assistsaverage per game

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