Jolan Wong

At the age of 12 I was diagnosed with Osteogenic-sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that resulted in the amputation of my right leg. I was an avid athlete, specializing in soccer. After the realization that losing my dominant leg was going to have a huge impact on me reaching my goals of playing for team Canada, I shifted my focus to a sport that had an even playing field- that being sitting volleyball. As a teenage girl with a disability, this took a lot of courage.

I have been with the Canadian National Team for 17 seasons, since the age of 18. I’ve helped develop the sport of sitting volleyball in Canada from its grassroots all the way to a podium finish at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris without missing a beat. From the very beginning I had a goal of competing at the Paralympics and showing others that having a disability was not going to hinder my athletic abilities. I’m a mentor on my team, continually helping to recruit and develop new athletes and show them that they too can achieve great things.