Career
Throughout her wheelchair racing career she set world records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, and marathon events, of which none still stand. In readiness for the 2008 Summer Paralympics Lisa had taken up wheelchair basketball and was a part of the Canadian team that finished fifth. On April 18, 1996, just after Frank"s fourteenth birthday, she woke up in the middle of the night unable to move her legs.
By the end of that day she had lost function of her arms as well, though had regained use of those after rehabilitation.
Franks was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation, a condition that caused clusters of blood vessels to prevent blood from properly passing by her spinal cord. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2006 with a Bachelor of Engineering and a focus in mechanical engineering.