Leanne Del Toso
Leanne Del Toso is a 3.5 point wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal. Diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy at the age of nineteen, Del Toso started playing wheelchair basketball in 2006. Playing in the local Victorian competition, she was named the leagues most valuable player in 2007. That year started playing for the Knox Ford Raiders in the Womens National Wheelchair Basketball League . The following year, she was named the teams Players Player and Most Valuable Player .
Nicknamed Dori, Del Toso was born onAugust 1980. At the age of nineteen, she was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a heredity condition that involves damage to the nerves. Del Toso has two siblings her younger brother Daniel also developed the disease. Prior to her diagnosis, she played regular basketball. Del Toso has worked as a receptionist, and as a participation assistant for Basketball Victoria. As of 2013, she lives in Watsonia, Victoria.
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