Kylie Gauci

Kylie Gauci (born 1 January 1985) is an Australian Paralympic 2-point wheelchair basketball player. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal; in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a second silver medal. Gauci represented Australia at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Championships, and was named to the World All Star 5 at the World Championships in Amsterdam in 2006. She has played over 180 international games.

Kylie Gauci
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Gauci
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class2.0
EventWomen's team
ClubStacks Goudkamp Bears
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
2004 AthensWomen's wheelchair basketball
2008 BeijingWomen's wheelchair basketball
2012 LondonWomen's wheelchair basketball

Playing with the Hill's Hornets, Gauci was named the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) 2 Pointer and named to the All Star Five on five consecutive occasions. In 2006 she switched to the North's Bears, now known as the Stacks Goudkamp Bears, and was named MVP 2 Pointer and All Star Five six times in a row.

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