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PUBLISHED ON June 24, 2024

 


Manitoba's Graham Bodnar has been officially selected to represent the Canadian Deaf National Men's Basketball team at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan. This prestigious event marks a historic milestone as it will be the first time in 40 years, since 1985, that Canada has qualified for the Deaflympics in Men's Basketball.

Reflecting on his journey, Bodnar recalls the pivotal moment when the Canada Deaf Games came to Winnipeg in 2018. "It truly opened my eyes to a world I didn't know existed," he remarked. That fall, Bodnar had the opportunity to try out for the Deaf National Team despite not fully understanding what it entailed. He vividly remembers the coach expressing confidence in his potential, believing that with Bodnar on the team, they could achieve significant strides internationally.

Through dedication and perseverance, Bodnar familiarized himself with the workings of the Deaflympics, the highest level in Deaf Sports. It became his goal to contribute everything he could to help the team reach this elite level. "While I still can't believe the opportunities I've had along the way, after all these years, it is finally official," Bodnar expressed with pride.

CONGRATULATIONS GRAHAM! 

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PUBLISHED ON January 11, 2023

Congrats to Graham Bodnar, who has been named the CTV Sportstar of the Week! Watch the full clip of the interview on the CTV Winnipeg website.

Graham is also this week's guest on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast.  Find the full interview below or anywhere you get your podcasts.  



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CTV News Winnipeg is looking to feature basketball athletes, coaches, mentors, sport/community champions, and volunteers from around Manitoba for its CTV Sports Star of the Week segment.

If you know of a worthy basketball person in the community, please email Susan Tymofichuk at CTV with your subject's name, contact information, and a brief description of who they are/why they should be featured.  Email: Susan.Tymofichuk@bellmedia.ca.


 

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PUBLISHED ON January 09, 2023


Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Graham Bodnar.

He is a staple in the basketball community.  If there is a basketball event, he will be there as a player, coach, or simply supporting in some way. 

He is a graduate of Providence College in Otterburne, Manitoba, where he lead his team to two MCAC Championships and two ACCA National Championships. During his time there, he was recognized as 2nd team All-Conference two times, as well as an academic All-American. 

He played professional 3x3 Basketball in 2014, qualifying for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour twice. Additionally, he played professionally in Japan for one season. 

He is a member of Canada’s Deaf National Basketball Team. He’s played in the USADB National Tournament, where he was named MVP, and his team won the Division 2 National Championship. Most recently, he participated in the Deaf Pan American Basketball Championships in Argentina. 

He is the current head coach and teaches at Richer School in South East Manitoba, a position he’s held for 14 years. 

He was the head coach of the Providence College women’s program, assisted with the men's program, and was a regular instructor at their summer camps.  Additionally, he’s coached for one year with the Manitoba Provincial Team program. 

Most people know him from his dominance in Sr Men’s, winning many championships over the years. However, he will remember for holding the “unofficial” record for playing on most teams simultaneously in a single season.  


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PUBLISHED ON August 11, 2022


A big congrats to Manitoba’s Graham Bodnar, who recently attended the Canadian Deaf National Basketball Team Selection Camp in Toronto and was selected for the team that will represent Canada at the Pan American Deaf Basketball Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November! 

From there, the team will have a chance to qualify for the World Deaf Basketball Championships in Greece in 2023. 

Congrats Graham!!

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PUBLISHED ON March 21, 2022



 

The Canadian Men’s 3x3 Deaf National Team hosted a basketball training camp at Providence University College in Otterburne, MB, which included Prov alumni and Manitoban Graham Bodnar (pictured 2nd from the left). 

The squad continues to prepare for the Canada Deaf Games in July in Montreal and the 3x3 Deaf World Cup in September in Israel. Other opportunities for some team members include the Deaf 5 on 5 qualifications for the Pan Am Games in Argentina in November and World Championships in Greece in 2023. 

Congrats Graham! 

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PUBLISHED ON September 03, 2021


Congratulations go out to Manitoba‘s Graham Bodnar who has been selected a member of the Deaf 3x3 Canadian National Basketball Team! The team will train for the coming year in locations around Canada to prepare for the Deaf 3x3 Basketball World Cup scheduled for Israel in September 2022. 

Graham commented, “ I couldn’t be more proud or appreciative to be a part of the first ever Deaf 3x3 National Basketball Team. The chance to represent Canada in 3x3 basketball against the rest the world is a huge honour that I do not take lightly.” 

Graham is one of Manitoba’s most prolific 3x3 basketball players having played in past FIBA World Tour events including playing professional 3x3 in Japan in the summer of 2019. 

CONGRATS GRAHAM!!

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PUBLISHED ON July 19, 2019

Huge congratulations to Winnipeg’s Graham Bodnar on signing a professional contract to play in a 3x3 basketball league in Japan this summer!  He will be suiting up with Team Sankak in the 3x3 Exe league in Japan. Graham is an avid basketball player at both 5x5 and 3x3 levels and has just returned from representing Canada with the National Deaf basketball team. Congrats and good luck Graham! More on the league can be found at http://www.3x3exe.com.
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PUBLISHED ON April 15, 2019

Huge congratulations go out to both Graham Bodnar and Matthew Fey, two Manitobans on the Canadian National Deaf Basketball Team on their historic championship win at the USA Deaf Basketball National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Team Canada won the National Championship (Division 2) by beating Philadelphia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Florida.  Graham was named the Tournament MVP.

This marks the first time a Canadian team has won a Gold Medal (or any medal) at this event.

Both Grham and Matt were identified for the team at the 2018 Canada Deaf Games that were played in Winnipeg that featured 3x3 basketball. 

CONGRATS GRAHAM AND MATT!








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PUBLISHED ON February 26, 2018


Basketball Manitoba thanks and congratulates all teams for taking part in the 2018 Canada Deaf Games that ran in Winnipeg February 22 & 23, 2018 hosted at Red River College.  3x3 basketball was part of the games along with hockey, curling, volleyball and bowling.  A total of 5 basketball teams took part, representing the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and the host Manitoba.  After playing 8 round-robin style games, a playoff and best of 3 championship, the following were the final team placings...

Bronze - British Columbia
Silver - Alberta / Ontario (combined team)
Gold - Manitoba / Nova Scotia (combined team)

Manitoba team members included Matthew Fey, Graham Bodnar and Miel Mojica (pictured above left to right in Manitoba jerseys).

Congratulations to all players, coaches, referees, volunteers and fans that supported the Games.  Special thanks to Denise Watson-Jarigen and Chris De Guzman More information on the event can be found at...

http://assc-cdsa.com/en/event/2018-canada-deaf-games/

An All-Star Game was played involving all players on Thursday evening.











Team Manitoba / Nova Scotia 

Team Alberta / Ontario 

Team British Columbia

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PUBLISHED ON August 11, 2017

Winnipeg Acceleration Performance arrives at the Bucharest Challenger as a finalist of the national tour 3×3 Canada Quest and after having secured a World Tour showing in Saskatoon (12th place, in a contest won by Ljubljana). However, the team is slightly different from Saskatoon, with Darcy Coss (34) and Graham Bodnar (36) joining Wyatt Anders and O’Neal Gordon. Read full article at...


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