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Danielle Kisser | |
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Born | December 22nd, 1996 |
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.
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.
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.
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Danielle Kisser | |
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Born | December 22nd, 1996 |
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.
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.
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.