Janet Main
{{short description|New Zealand basketball player (1989-)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Janet Main
| number = 6
| position = Guard
| height_cm = 191
| weight_kg = 89
| team = Otago Goldrush (2009 –)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|06|22}}
| nationality = {{NZL}}
}}
Janet Main (born 22 June 1989) is a New Zealand female basketball player.{{Cite news|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Janet-Main/New-Zealand/Site-Weld-Otago-Goldrush/183671?Women=1&|title=Janet Main Basketball Player Profile, Site Weld Otago Goldrush, News, WBC stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket|work=eurobasket.com|access-date=2017-12-04}} She generally plays for New Zealand in international competitions and has also represented Cook Islands at the 3x3 basketball events. She currently plays for the Otago Goldrush, a New Zealand domestic basketball team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/basketball/basketball-main-key-perfect-start-otago-goldrush|title=Basketball: Main key in perfect start for Otago Goldrush|date=2012-08-24|work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}
Basketball career
Janet competed at the 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in the women's 3x3 event as a shooter representing Cook Islands. This was also the first instance that Cook Islands was eligible to participate in the FIBA 3x3 Basketball Championships. Janet Main took part in the shootout contest managing two points in ten attempts from the top of the arc.{{Cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/315563/sport-cook-islands-debut-at-3x3-world-basketball-champs|title=Sport: Cook Islands debut at 3x3 World Basketball Champs|date=2016-10-13|work=Radio New Zealand |access-date=2017-12-04|language=en-nz}} Apart from that, she too represented the Cook Islands at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games finishing at 9th place.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/sport/other-sports/item/65618-cooks-debut-in-asian-indoor-games|title=Cooks debut in Asian Indoor Games|last=Kumar|first=Rashneel|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en-gb}}
Personal life
She is also working as a physiotherapist for some basketball teams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsmedphysio.co.nz/clinics/dunedin/staff/janet-main/|title=Janet Main » SportsMed Southern Physiotherapy|website=www.sportsmedphysio.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-04}}
References
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External links
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Janet-Main/New-Zealand/Site-Weld-Otago-Goldrush/183671?Women=1& Profile at Eurobasket]
- [http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=193710165&client=1-8506-119248-451328-25968124 Statistics at sportstg]
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Category:New Zealand women's basketball players
Category:Cook Island sportswomen
Category:New Zealand physiotherapists
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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