Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team
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| country=Canada
| logo=Canadian Paralympic Committee.svg
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| national_fed=Wheelchair Basketball Canada
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| iwbf_ranking=1st
| coach=Michèle Sung
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | Women's wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | Women's wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | Women's wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Athens | Women's wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Wheelchair Basketball Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Stoke Mandeville | Women}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Sydney | Women}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Kitakyushu | Women}}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Amsterdam | Women}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Toronto | Women}}
{{MedalBronze | 1990 Saint-Étienne | Women}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Birmingham | Women}}
{{MedalCompetition|Parapan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1986 Puerto Rico | Women}}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Women}}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Guadalajara | Women}}
}}
The Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team is one of Canada's most successful national sporting teams. It is the only national women's wheelchair basketball team to have won three consecutive gold medals at the Paralympic Games in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and the only one to have won four consecutive World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women.aspx|title=Team Canada - Women's National Team|publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada|access-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103115951/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women.aspx|archive-date=2014-11-03|url-status=dead}} In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship.
History
Wheelchair basketball has been played in Canada since the 1940s.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/A_Canadian_Perspective.aspx |title=A Canadian Perspective |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811003839/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/A_Canadian_Perspective.aspx |archive-date=2014-08-11 |url-status=dead }} A women's tournament was held at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv,{{sfn|Labanowich|Thiboutout|2011|p=293}} and a Canadian women's team participated in the 1972 Summer Paralympics.{{sfn|Labanowich|Thiboutout|2011|p=297}}
The women's team went on to become one of Canada's most successful national sporting teams, rivalled only by the ice hockey teams. It is the only national women's wheelchair basketball team to have won three consecutive gold medals at the Paralympic Games and the only one to have won four consecutive World Wheelchair Basketball Championships,. In 2014 it won a fifth world championship at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.
In 2024 Michèle Sung, formerly coach of the University of Manitoba women's basketball team and previously an assistant coach of Wheelchair Basketball Canada's women's team, was appointed head coach of the Canadian national women's wheelchair basketball team. {{cite web |url=https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/news_press/wbc-welcomes-michele-sung-as-swnt-coach/ | title=WBC welcomes Michèle Sung as SWNT coach |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada }}
= Paralympic games =
= IWBF World Championships =
The first Wheelchair Basketball World Championship for women was held in 1990, and since then Team Canada has won five times, including four consecutive wins in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/past-world-championship-results|title=Past World Championship Results|publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada|access-date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055021/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/past-world-championship-results|archive-date=2014-08-08|url-status=dead}}
In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship before a home crowd in Toronto.{{cite web |url=http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/schedule-and-results |title=Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817221559/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/schedule-and-results |archive-date=17 August 2014 }}
= Other International Tournaments =
== Parapan American Games ==
== Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships ==
The inaugural Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships was held from 15 to 21 July 2011 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/content.aspx?id=3407 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806140844/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/content.aspx?id=3407 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 August 2014 |title=Event Overview |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=4 August 2014 }} The Canadian team was placed fourth, after the United States, Australia and Great Britain.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women.aspx |title=Women U25 National Team |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718055346/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women.aspx |archive-date=2014-07-18 |url-status=dead }} The team included Cindy Ouellet, Maude Jacques, Jamey Jewells, Tamara Steeves and Abby Stubbert.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women_Roster.aspx |title=Women's U25 Roster |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722204054/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women_Roster.aspx |archive-date=2014-07-22 |url-status=dead }} At the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, Canada placed fourth after Great Britain, Australia and China.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/news_press/team-canada-places-fourth-at-2015-womens-u25-world-wheelchair-basketball-championship/ |title=Team Canada Places Fourth at 2015 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |date=6 July 2015 |access-date=7 July 2015 }} At the 2023 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Bangkok, Canada placed sixth. {{cite web |url=https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/news_press/canada-falls-to-germany-finishes-sixth-at-the-iwbf-womens-u25-world-championship/ |title=Canada falls to Germany, finishes sixth at the IWBF Women’s U25 World Championship |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |date=9 October 2023 |access-date=20 February 2025 }}
Teams
= 2012 Summer Paralympic Games =
File:Australia - Canada, women's wheelchair basketball at Paralympics 2012.jpeg
Team Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London consisted of:{{Cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/full.aspx?id=6439 |title=2012 Women's Roster |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227153054/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/full.aspx?id=6439 |archive-date=2014-12-27 |url-status=dead }}
{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters|CAN}}
= 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship =
The gold-medal winning 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship team consisted of:{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women_Roster.aspx |title=Team Canada Women's Roster |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103122939/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women_Roster.aspx |archive-date=2014-11-03 |url-status=dead }}
No 4 - Elaine Allard.jpg|Elaine Allard
No 5 - Janet McLachlan.jpg|Janet McLachlan
No 6 - Arinn Young.jpg|Arinn Young
No 7 - Cindy Ouellet.jpg|Cindy Ouellet
No 8 - Tamara Steeves.jpg|Tamara Steeves
No 9 - Maude Jacques.jpg|Maude Jacques
No 10 - Katie Harnock.jpg|Katie Harnock
No 11 - Darda Sales.jpg|Darda Sales
No 12 - Tracey Ferguson.jpg|Tracey Ferguson
No 13 - Jamie Jewells.jpg|Jamie Jewells
No 14 - Amanda Yan.jpg|Amanda Yan
No 15 - Melanie Hawtin.jpg|Melanie Hawtin
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||
| scope="col" |Number
!scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Date of Birth !scope="col" |Classification !scope="col" |Club | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elaine Allard | 25 February 1977 | 1.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Saint-Eustache |
| 5 | Janet McLachlan | 26 August 1977 | 4.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver |
| 6 | Arinn Young | 10 July 1996 | 4.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Legal |
| 7 | Cindy Ouellet | 8 December 1988 | 3.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Québec |
| 8 | Tamara Steeves | 23 September 1989 | 1.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Mississauga |
| 9 | Maude Jacques | 21 April 1992 | 2.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Sainte-Catherine |
| 10 | Katie Harnock | 12 August 1983 | 2.0 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Elmira |
| 11 | Darda Sales | 11 September 1982 | 4.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} London (Ontario) |
| 12 | Tracey Ferguson | 7 September 1974 | 3.0 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Holland Landing |
| 13 | Jamey Jewells | 23 August 1989 | 1.0 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Donkin |
| 14 | Amanda Yan | 22 May 1988 | 3.0 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Burnaby |
| 15 | Melanie Hawtin | 20 July 1988 | 1.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Oakville |
| Alt. | Corin Metzger | 28 February 1992 | 2.5 | {{Flagicon|CAN}} Elmira |
- Coach : Bill Johnson
- Assistant coaches : Michael Broughton, Michele Hynes
- Physiotherapist : Sheila Forler Bauman
- Team Doctor : Richard Goudie
- Massage Therapist : Sophie Lavardière
- Team Manager : Katie Miyazaki
- Sports psychologist : Adrienne Leslie-Toogood
- Physiologist : Mike Dahl
- Strength coach : Kyle Turcotte
See also
Notes
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References
- {{cite book
| last1 = Labanowich
| first1 = Stan
| last2 = Thiboutout
| first2 = Armand
| year = 2011
| title = Wheelchairs Can Jump!: A History of Wheelchair Basketball
| location = Boston
| publisher = Acanthus Publishing
| isbn = 9780984217397
| oclc = 792945375
}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Strohkendl |first=Horst |title=The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball. A History. |publisher=Waxmann Verlag |location=New York |year=1996 |isbn=9783893254415}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042149/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/homepage.aspx?langtype=1033 Wheelchair Basketball Canada]
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