Quick facts
Birthdate
October 11, 1995
Hometown
Carleton Place, ON
Residence
Carleton Place, ON
Sport
Sitting Volleyball
Experience
Lima 2019
Tokyo 2020
Toronto 2015
Paris 2024
Anne Fergusson has been a member of the women’s national sitting volleyball team team since 2013. She helped Canada to bronze at the 2015 and 2019 Parapan American Games.
She was a member of Canada’s historic 2016 Paralympic Games team, the first sitting team to reach the Paralympics and the 2020 squad that took fourth in Tokyo. The squad reached another milestone with silver at the 2022 World Championships.
Born without her left hand, Fergusson was put in contact with one of the Canadian women’s sitting volleyball coaches and given the opportunity to try the sport. Fergusson fell in love with sitting volleyball and has played ever since.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2015, 2019 Parapan American Games… 2016, 2020 Paralympic Games… Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team member since 2013…
PERSONAL
Representative for The War Amp Child Amputee program… University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. In 2017 graduated from Queens University with a degree in mechanical engineering… Has worked in oceanography and medical devices … Was born without her right hand
NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
- 2022 World Championships – 2nd
- 2020 Paralympic Games – 4th
- 2019 Parapan Am Games – 3rd
- 2015 Parapan Am Games – 3rd