Yassine

Yassine from Buckinghamshire has cerebral palsy as a result of having been born at only 25 weeks, which is classified as extreme prematurity. He is able to walk, but he needs to use a wheelchair when playing wheelchair basketball, his biggest passion in life. Without his chair, he couldn't play at all, but with it, he is able to play games in the national league, and train as much as he needs to. He is now a member of the Thames Valley Kings Wheelchair Basketball Team. As a Variety Young Ambassador, Yassine aims to break the barriers and stigma attached to wheelchair use, such as the common misconception that everyone who uses a wheelchair can’t walk.

A sports wheelchair donated by Variety in 2018 totally changed Yassine’s life. He no longer needs to borrow one of the club’s basketball wheelchairs and can practice and train whenever he likes.

Yassine is most proud of scoring against Northern Ireland and his dream is to become a professional wheelchair basketball player, representing GB at the Paralympics in the future.

Travelling to various places across the country to compete, Yassine meets new people who also love wheelchair basketball, and he’s made new friends. One day, he would love to represent my country and play at a higher level.

Yassine was made a Variety Young Ambassador in June 2019.

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Yassine