Clare Nott

Clare Nott (née Burzynski, born 11 August 1986) is a former Australian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). She participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal.

A paraplegic as a result of a car crash, Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent in 2005. She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of its All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. She has also won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats and two National Women's League premierships with the Western Stars (2013) and the Kilsyth Cobras (2015). She made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in a tournament in Canada in 2005, and has since played 141 international games. She won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan.

Personal life Clare Louise Burzynski was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 11 August 1986, the daughter of Eddie and Barbara Burzynski. She has an older sister, Lauren. All four members of the family were injured in a car accident on 28 June 1989, while holidaying in Queensland. Clare was treated at the hospital in Nambour, Queensland and then at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane. rendering her a paraplegic. and attended Murdoch University, where she graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Legal Studies and Criminology degree. Before becoming a basketball player, she competed in swimming from 1998 to 2004. She was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 2009 to 2012.

Club Nott plays club basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL).

In 2005 Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent. She names Alison Mosely, who helped her in the early stages of her basketball career, as her sporting heroine.

National team

Nott made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in a tournament in Canada in 2005. She also won gold medals at the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Osaka Cups in Japan. She was part of the bronze medal-winning Gliders team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and the fourth-place finishing team at the 2010 World Championships.

Nott was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The Gliders posted wins in the group stage against Brazil, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, but lost to the Canada. This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico. The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany. The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.

The team earned a silver medal at the 2015 Asia-Oceania Championship; however, they did not qualify for the 2016 paralympics in Rio.

Nott was named as one of the Women’s All-Star Five at the 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.

Nott retired from the National Team in May 2019; her final game was against Spain.

In 2024, she works as a public speaker in Perth.

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