Melanie Domaschenz

Melanie Domaschenz (born 13 October 1983) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player who is part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders.

Personal Melanie Domaschenz was born in Geelong, Victoria, on 13 October 1983 with spina bifida. She is nicknamed "Doma". and lives in the Geelong suburb of Marshall. In addition to playing wheelchair basketball, Domaschenz has competed at a national level in archery.

Wheelchair basketball Domaschenz is a 1 point player, and usually wears the number four. She was also part of the team at the 2010 IWBF World Championship in Birmingham, England, in which the Gliders were again placed fourth, and at the 2010 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.

Although Domaschenz attended the Gliders' training camp in January 2012, she missed out on selection and was omitted from the Gliders squad for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London. However, Domaschenz returned to the Gliders line up for the 2013 Osaka Cup in Japan, where the Gliders successfully defended the title they had previously won in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

In addition to playing for the national team, Domaschenz has played for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL). She was part of the team that won back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2012. In 2013, the team has been renamed "Victoria", but Domaschenz continues to play in the number four jersey.