Melanie Hawtin

Melanie Hawtin (born July 20, 1988) is a Canadian 1.5 point wheelchair basketball player. As a T54 class wheelchair racer, she was the Canadian national champion in the 100 m in 2008, and the 400 m and 1500 m events in 2009. She was Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association's Junior Female Athlete of the Year four times, and its Female Athlete of the Year twice. After switching to wheelchair basketball in 2012, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Early life Melanie Hawtin was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She has spina bifida, and began wheelchair racing when she was five years old. By age ten, she was participating in national championships, and she won two bronze medals in 2001 in the T54 class.

Awards and honors She was Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association's Junior Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2004, and its Female Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2007. She was the national champion in the 100 m in 2008, and the 400 m and 1500 m events in 2009. and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.

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