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Rosie Long (born October 9, 2006) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player and T53 wheelchair athlete. In July 2022 she represented Ontario at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, winning gold and silver medals in the 100m and 1500m respectively. In February 2023 she again represented Onratio at the winter edition of the 2023 Canada Winter Games, playing wheelchair basketball for the provincial team that finished in sevelth place in the tournament.

Biography
Born in Oakville, Ontario on Canadian Thanksgiving day 2006, Rosie Long enjoyed showjumping and gymnastics in her childhood. On November 7 2016 she was struck and dragged by a school bus while cycling to school , and spent several weeks in pediatric intensive care at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton receiving treatment for traumatic injuries. Following discharge from acute care, it was during her five months of inpatient rehabilitation at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto that Rosie was introduced to adaptive sports. In the following three years she participated in para hockey, wheelchair track, wheelchair tennis, and wheelchair basketball, settling on hockey and basketball as her two favoured sports.

In 2022, she represented Ontario at the Junior National Championships for basketbal. During the buildup to that competition, she was featured as a "Future Watch" subject for Wheelchair Basketball Canada's web and social media campaigns.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/girl-cyclist-hit-school-bus-oakville-1.3839754 https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2016/12/14/oakville-s-rosie-was-hit-by-a-school-bus-life-will-never-be-the-same.html