15 Facts About Kylie Gauci

Kylie Gauci was born on 1 January 1985 and is an Australian Paralympic 2-point wheelchair basketball player.

Kylie Gauci participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal; in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a second silver medal.

Kylie Gauci was born with lumbar sacral agenesis, meaning that she is missing the lower part of her spine.

In 2022 Kylie Gauci was inducted into New South Wales Basketball Hall of Fame.

Kylie Gauci began competing in 1996 when she was eleven years old, and was inspired to play for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team after watching their performance at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.

Kylie Gauci plays for the Stacks Goudkamp Bears in the WNWBL.

Kylie Gauci first played for the Australian junior national team when she was fourteen years old.

Kylie Gauci joined the national team, known as the Gliders, in 2002, when she was 17 years old.

Kylie Gauci played in a four-game test series in Canberra against Japan in March, the first Australian hosted international for the team since the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

Kylie Gauci was then selected to play at the 2002 World Cup event in Japan.

Kylie Gauci represented Australia as a member of the Gliders at the 2002,2006 and 2010 World Championships, where they finished fourth each time.

Kylie Gauci was named to the World All Star 5 at the World Championships in Amsterdam in 2006.

Kylie Gauci was selected to participate in a national team training camp in 2010, and was a member of the team that played in the Osaka Cup in 2009.

Kylie Gauci competed with the team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a silver and bronze medal respectively.

Kylie Gauci was the only player on her team to score a three-point field goal in the whole series, scoring two of them.