Nasif Chowdhury
Biography:
Nasif Chowdhury was reluctant when he was initially introduced to parasport.
The Toronto native grew up playing everything from stand-up basketball and volleyball to badminton and cricket.
While he was representing Harbord Collegiate Institute in volleyball at the year-end Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association tournament, an official approached him about parasport.
Chowdhury, a prosthetic user, was born with a limb differential in his left leg – missing seven inches in his femur and an inch on his tibia. It was suggested that he would be a good fit for sitting volleyball.
Through playing sitting volleyball, Chowdhury was introduced to wheelchair basketball by teammate Darek Symonowicz.
Chowdhury reached out to Josée Matte, the high performance manager at ONPARA then, and eventually joined the Brampton Cruisers to try wheelchair basketball at the end of 2021.
After graduating high school, Chowdhury moved to attend the University of Waterloo, but it didn’t take him long to find a new wheelchair basketball club.
Senior Men’s National Team member Tyler Miller is the President of the Twin City Spinners and quickly recruited Chowdhury to the club.
Off the court, Chowdhury is a Recreation and Sport Business major at the University of Waterloo.
Interesting Facts
- Nickname: Nas
- Considers Los Angeles his favourite vacation spot
- Favorite artist: Morgan Whalen
- Considers deadlifts his favourite workout
- Member of Canada’s men’s sitting volleyball team
- Attending Auburn University to complete his MBA
Major International Competition
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| U23 Men’s World Championship: 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th (’25) |
Career Notes
2025: Named to Team Canada’s Men’s Under-23 World Championship roster… Qualified for Under-23 World Championship with a 55-54 victory over Brazil in semifinals at the IWBF Men’s U23 Americas Championship in Bogotá, Colombia… Won gold with Team Ontario at National Championships in Oshawa, Ont.
2024: 2nd place finish with Team Ontario 1 at the Junior East Championships in Montreal… 2nd place finish with Canadian NextGen Team at Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Kitakyushu, Japan.
2023: 7th place finish at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, P.E.I.