Jannik Blair
- March 10, 2024
- Basketball Player
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Jannik Blair Biography
| Birthday | Feb 3 |
| Birth Year | 1992 |
| Place Of Birth | Horsham |
Jannik Blair is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 3, 1992 in Horsham, United Kingdom. As of June 1, 2023, Jannik Blair has a net worth approximately $5 Million. Blair played in the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) in 2009, finishing the season by being named to the All-Star 5. As of 2012, he plays for the Dandenong Rangers in the NWBL, and joined for and was playing for University of Missouri team in the United States National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) as of 2012. In late 2012, Blair was presented with offers several offers from American universities, including the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. After much consideration, Blair chose to take up a scholarship from the University of Alabama. He will dress for them in the Spring season of 2013.
Blair was born on 3 February 1992 in Horsham, Victoria. In 2004 at the age of the twelve, he broke his back, wrist and suffered a collapsed lung after an accident on a utility vehicle. He went into a coma for a week. As of 2012 he lives in Horsham in Victoria. By 2005, he was playing a variety of sports including wheelchair basketball, track racing and hand-cycling. As of 2012, he attended the University of Missouri on partial scholarship for wheelchair basketball, but was taking time off to concentrate on basketball.
Blair first played wheelchair basketball in 2005, and attended a Ballarat, Victoria hosted APC Paralympic Talent Search in 2006. At the event, they encouraged him to continue in the sport.
Blair made his national team debut in 2009 at the Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships where he averaged 0.3 points per game. Later that year, he competed in the Rollers World Challenge, and the IWBF U23 World Championship where his team finished fourth. At the 2011 Wheelchair Tri Series where he played in games against South Africa and the Netherlands, he averaged 0.8 points per game. In August of that year, he also competed in the International Tournament of Champions. In October 2011, he participated in a national team training camp in Canberra. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball. The Games were his first. Going into the London Paralympics, his team was ranked number one in the world. He had to earn his spot as fourteen men had been vying for spots on the team.
Jannik Blair Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jannik Blair is one of the richest Basketball Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jannik Blair 's net worth $5 Million.
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jannik Blair celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.
What happened to Jannik Blair?
Country boy Jannik became a paraplegic at 12 when the ute he was driving flipped and rolled. He spent a week in an induced coma and a further three months in rehabilitation, where he was introduced to wheelchair sport by rehabilitation worker and future Paralympian Campbell Message.
Where does Jannik Blair live?
Blair was born on 3 February 1992 in Horsham, Victoria. In 2004 at the age of the twelve, he broke his back, wrist and suffered a collapsed lung after an accident on a utility vehicle. He went into a coma for a week. As of 2012 he lives in Horsham in Victoria.