18 Facts About Bridie Kean

Dr Bridie Kean was born on 27 February 1987 and is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and canoeist.

Bridie Kean won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Bridie Kean is nicknamed Bird because her friend Kate Dunstan in high school thought it was funny that her name sounded like Bird.

Bridie Kean earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2010, and in graduated with a Master of Public Health from the University of Queensland.

Bridie Kean became the manager of its Sports Elite and Education Dual program, which enabled elite athletes with a disability to combine study with high performance training and competition, in 2016.

Bridie Kean is engaged to long-term partner and fellow Paralympian Chris Bond.

Bridie Kean is one of three Assistant Chef de Missions for the Australian team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

When she was 15, Bridie Kean was encouraged to take up wheelchair basketball by Liesl Tesch.

Bridie Kean was invited to a training camp, and started playing the sport on the state and national level in 2003.

Bridie Kean made her Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League debut in 2007.

Bridie Kean made her national team debut in 2007 when she competed in the IWBF Qualification tournament.

Bridie Kean was selected to represent Australia at the 2009 Four Nations tournament in Canada, one of six players who played for the Dandenong Rangers in the WNWBL.

Bridie Kean represented Australia at the 2010 World Championships where her team finished fourth.

Bridie Kean came out of retirement in May 2024 to help the Gliders to qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Bridie Kean was part of the bronze medal-winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Bridie Kean was the captain of the Gliders at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Bridie Kean scored 1 point and had four rebounds in the game.

Bridie Kean took up canoeing, coached by Gayle Mayes, who represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.