Justin Johnson has been named Wheelchair Basketball Canada鈥檚 junior athlete of the year.
The 22-year-old from 91原创 received the award over the weekend at a ceremony in Montreal.
Despite being only three years post-spinal cord injury, Johnson has quickly become one of wheelchair basketball鈥檚 fastest-rising stars. He recently earned a spot on the U23 Canadian men鈥檚 junior wheelchair basketballteam, which won gold at the U23 men鈥檚 Americas zone qualification tournament. Johnson hopes to one day represent Canada at a Paralympic Games.
Johnson got involved in wheelchair basketball after sustaining a spinal cord injury in a mountain biking accident in Whistler in 2010. His participation was recently chronicled in a short documentary called Bounce Back.
鈥淛ustin is one of B.C.鈥檚 hardest-working wheelchair basketball players and the results speak for themselves,鈥� said Sian Blyth, the interim managing director at BC Wheelchair Basketball.
