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19 Facts About Cobi Crispin

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Cobi Crispin was born on 22 December 1988 and is a 4 point wheelchair basketball forward from Western Australia.

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Cobi Crispin began playing wheelchair basketball in 2003 when she was 17 years old.

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Cobi Crispin played club basketball in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League for the Victorian Dandenong Rangers in 2012 after having previously played for the Western Stars.

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Cobi Crispin remained on the team and was part of the bronze medal-winning Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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Cobi Crispin was born in Mackay, Queensland, on 22 December 1988, the daughter of Alan and Cathy Crispin.

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Cobi Crispin moved to Melbourne, Victoria as a result of switching wheelchair basketball club sides to play with the Dandenong Rangers, and now lives in Ashburton, Victoria.

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Cobi Crispin was educated at St Patrick's College, Mackay, and as of 2012 attended Deakin University.

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Cobi Crispin has played the sport since 2003, when she was 17 years old.

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Cobi Crispin was selected to participate in a national team training camp in 2010, and was member of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

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Cobi Crispin scored 18 points against the Brazil women's national wheelchair basketball team, and had seven rebounds.

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In 2006, Cobi Crispin was named the Northern Challenge Most Valuable Player.

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Cobi Crispin was on the squad that competed at the Joseph F Lyttle World Basketball Challenge that year.

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Cobi Crispin played with the 2008,2009 and 2010 Osaka Cup-winning teams.

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Cobi Crispin was co-captain of the Under 25 team that competed at the 2011 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, and finished second.

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Cobi Crispin was the team's top scorer in all but last two matches in the tournament, when as reporter Pat Koopman stated, "the opposition concentrated on nullifying her influence" on the games.

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In 2008, Cobi Crispin was named one of Australia's Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League All-Star Five.

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Cobi Crispin played her club basketball for WNWBL's Western Stars.

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Cobi Crispin switched to the Dandenong Rangers for the 2011 season.

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Cobi Crispin was with the Rangers again for the 2012 season, in which was named the 2012 WNWBL MVP of the Final Series after scoring 28 points in the Rangers' Championship win against the Stacks Goudkamp Bears.