Danielle Kisser
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Danielle Kisser Canadian Paralympic Swimmer | |
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| Add a Photo Danielle Kisser mid-swim before competing for Team Canada | |
| Born | December 22nd, 1996 Delta, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Went to Burnsview Secondary School, studies Linguistics at Concordia University in Montreal. |
| Height | 124 cm (4 ft 1 in) |
| Awards | Silver and Bronze Olympic Medallist for Para Swimming |
Danielle Kisser is a Canadian paralympian swimmer, specialising in breaststroke swimming, and a dual-olympic medal winner, winning silver and bronze in 2018 for Team Canada in the Cairns 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships.
Early Life
Danielle Kisser was born with achondroplasia dwarfism[1], a hereditary condition in which the growth of long bones is restricted by ossification of cartilage, resulting in very short limbs and sometimes a face that is small in relation to the skull.[2] However, this condition did not stop Danielle from pursuing her talents, and her family played a big part of her journey in influencing her love for sports.
Her mother had played and coached in several national football tournaments in Canada, and her father taught her to swim breaststroke as a young child.
Growing up Danielle was very involved in sports despite her condition. Before she reached the age of 11, she had played basketball, soccer, softball, and even did horseback riding.[3]
As she got more involved with other sports, her brother's swim coach encouraged her to pursue swimming in 2008[4]. She eventually joined the Delta Swim Club, and committed to improving, becoming very successful in her journey and also going on to pursue a career in Linguistics and Theology.
Injury
In October 2014 Danielle underwent a double-leg osteotomy. The surgery involved her tibia and fibula bones being broken, screws installed, and her ankles rotated to realign with her knees. She was in a wheelchair until January 2015, putting her out of contention for the 2015 Parapan American Games and the 2016 Paralympic Games. A member of the Parapan Am Games team in 2011 at age 14, her talents resurfaced in 2018 with two medals at the Pan Pacific Para Championships. Then in 2019 she competed at the world championships and headed to Tokyo in 2020 for her first Paralympics.
Awards and Achievements
- In 2013 she received the 2012/13 Fairplay Leadership Award from the Delta Sungod Swim Club in Canada.
- During the Tokyo 202 Paralympics, Kisser also was part of a television feature called the Rising Phoenix, led my Mat Whitecross, documenting Kisser and 11 other patalympians in their olympic journies.[5]
- She made headlines in 2020 during the pandemic, as she documented on her YouTube channel[6] how she built her own pool in her backyard so she could continue training[7][8]. She was then named the inaugural winner of the “People’s Choice Award for Most Viral Moment of the Year”[9] at the 2020 Canadian Sports Awards[10]
- Danielle Kisser was featured in a Coldplay music video in August of 2022 in Coldplay's song "Biutyful".[11]
References
- ↑ Martin, Alice (2023-04-24). "Danielle Kisser is shining her light". The Concordian. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Canadian Paralympic Committee Celebrates One Year to Go to TO2015". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ Martin, Alice (2023-04-24). "Danielle Kisser is shining her light". The Concordian. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Martin, Alice (2023-04-24). "Danielle Kisser is shining her light". The Concordian. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Featured Para athletes double as filmmakers in new Rising Phoenix series". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "Danielle Kisser - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ Danielle Kisser builds a pool in her garden, retrieved 2023-06-23
- ↑ I BUILT MY OWN SWIMMING POOL IN 5 DAYS!! (DIY VLOG), retrieved 2023-06-23
- ↑ "A different swimming year in and out of the pool". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "Canadian Sport Awards". AthletesCAN. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "Para swimmers feeling 'Biutyful' in new Coldplay music video". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
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