Donna Burns OAM[1][2] is an Australian basketball player with an intellectual disability who won gold as a member of the Pearls in the 1992 Madrid Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap.

Burns is an Australian basketball player who won gold as a member of the Pearls in the 1992 Madrid Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap.

[3] Burns was selected as a member of the Pearls, the Australian national women's basketball team for athletes with an intellectual disability.

The Pearls were undefeated in Madrid in their five games, against Great Britain, France, Poland and Greece.

Burns scored 128 of the team's 273 total points, and was voted Most Valuable Player.