Our athletes Joy Haizelden

Joy Haizelden made her major senior debut for Great Britain at the 2014 Women’s World Championships. The following year, the 2.5 player played a crucial role in the GB Women’s bronze medal European Championship campaign – securing the nation a qualification place for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

In 2015 Joy was also a part of the team who was crowned the Women’s U25 World Champions in Beijing, China. The GB squad subsequently achieved back to back U24 European Championships gold medal wins in 2016 and 2018. 

Joy made her Paralympics debut at the Rio 2016 Games  – the GB Women’s team made history with a fourth place finish, the highest achieved by a GB Women’s team.

2018 was a phenomenal year for Joy and the GB Women’s Team. The team delivered an outstanding performance at the World Championships held in Hamburg. The squad qualified for the final game and brought home the silver medal – both firsts for a GB Women’s Squad at a major championships.

Joy made history at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning bronze with Team England in the first ever appearance of wheelchair basketball in a Commonwealth Games.

Joy has achieved great success with University of Alabama alongside studying her major in MPH Health & Promotion, winning back-to-back National titles 2021 and 2022.

GB Representation and Results
2014 World Championships, Toronto
2015 U25 World Championships, Beijing (Gold)
2015 European Championships, Worcester (Bronze)
2016 Paralympic Games, Rio
2017 European Championships, Tenerife (Bronze)
2018 U24 European Championships, Bordeaux (Gold)
2018 World Championships, Hamburg (Silver)
2019 U25 World Championships, Bangkok (Bronze)
2019 European Championships, Rotterdam (Silver)
2020 (played in 2021) Paralympic Games, Tokyo
2021 European Championships, Madrid (Silver)
2022 Worlds (played in 2023), Dubai
2023 European Championships, Rotterdam (Silver)
2024 Paralympic Games, Paris