 Hawtin at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 20, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair racing Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 (wheelchair racing) 1.5 (wheelchair basketball) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | BC Breakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melanie Hawtin (born July 20, 1988) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player. As a T54 class wheelchair racer, she was the Canadian national champion in the 100 m in 2008, and the 400 m and 1500 m events in 2009. She was Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association's Junior Female Athlete of the Year four times, and its Female Athlete of the Year twice. After switching to wheelchair basketball in 2012, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.