Athlete: Anna Jackson
Home Town: Born in Ruthin, Denbighshire, now live in Chester
DOB: 02 Mar 1972
Disability:Chronic knee problems
Class: 4.5
How long have you been playing Wheelchair Basketball? Since 1997
Do you enjoy playing any other sports or do you have any hobbies or interests? Not much time for other sports !! but am a Warrant Officer with Ellesmere Port Air Cadets – work with them two nights a week.
Who inspires you to train hard and compete? People like Kelly Holmes and Steve Redgrave and then within Disability Sport people like Jill Fox and some of the more senior GB players.
What do you hope to achieve in the future? I would love to get a medal at Paralympic or World Level – not sure if that will happen in my time but I certainly intend to be playing in London 2012 – I am going to work hard until then.
Competition Honours:
International Tournaments –
1998 – Gold Cup World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, Sydney – 7th place
1999 – European Championships – Holland , 3rd place, Bronze medal and qualification for Sydney 2000 Paralympics.
2000 – Roosevelt Cup and Walker Cup – USA ,
2000 – Sydney Paralympic Games
2002 – Gold Cup World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, Japan – 8th place
2003 – European Champsionships- Hamburg – 3rd place, bronze medal and qualification for Athens 2004.
2004 – VISA Paralympic World Cup, Manchester – Silver medal
2004 – Athens 2004 Paralympics -I was a non travelling reserve
2005 – VISA Paralympic World Cup, Manchester – non travelling reserve,
2005 – European Championships, France – fourth place
2007 – VISA Paralympic World Cup – 4th place.
