Tiana Tozer: making an impact as a Paralympian & humanitarian
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English - July 27, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBFootball Sports Basketball nbc sports ducks oregon ducks sasha spencer atwood sasha spencer goducks jordan kent joey harrington talkin ducks ducks football Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Former Oregon rugby player Tiana Tozer share her story of how she went from a rugby player at the University of Oregon, to a wheelchair basketball star and an advocate for people with disabilities.
2:35 Tiana shares her story about how she was hit by a drunk driver and lost the use of her legs when she was a sophomore at the University of Oregon.
6:20 Tiana says she was recruited to play wheelchair basketball while she was in the ICU.
10:45 Learning to play wheelchair basketball.
13:50 On not receiving special treatment despite her disability and learning that her disability could not be an excuse.
19:40 How she got involved in overseas work.
26:10 How much of Tozer's work is with disabled people and how much of it is with able-bodied people.
40:00 The growing popularity of the Paralympics and growth of the Paralympic Games.
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