Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team

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.[1] In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship.[2]

Canada
IWBF Ranking1st
IWBF zoneAmericas
National federationWheelchair Basketball Canada
CoachBill Johnson
Paralympic Games
Appearances10
Medals:3 :0 :1
World Championships
Medals:5 :0 :2
Medal record
Paralympic Games
1992 Barcelona Women's wheelchair basketball
1996 Atlanta Women's wheelchair basketball
2000 Sydney Women's wheelchair basketball
2004 Athens Women's wheelchair basketball
World Wheelchair Basketball Championships
1994 Stoke Mandeville Women
1998 Sydney Women
2002 Kitakyushu Women
2006 Amsterdam Women
2014 Toronto Women
1990 Saint-Étienne Women
2010 Birmingham Women
Parapan American Games
1986 Puerto Rico Women
2007 Rio de Janeiro Women
2011 Guadalajara Women

History

Wheelchair basketball has been played in Canada since the 1940s.[3] A women's tournament was held at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv,[4] and a Canadian women's team participated in the 1972 Summer Paralympics.[5]

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,.[1] In 2014 it won a fifth world championship at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.[2]

Paralympic games

Team Canada is the only team to have won three consecutive gold medals at the Summer Paralympics, in 1992, 1996 and 2000.[1]

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.[6] In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship before a home crowd in Toronto.[2]

  • 1990 : Bronze
  • 1994 : Gold
  • 1998 : Gold
  • 2002 : Gold
  • 2006 : Gold
  • 2010 : Bronze
  • 2014 : Gold
  • 2018 : 5th

Parapan American Games

Team Canada has won four silver medals at the Parapan Am Games:[1]

  • 1986 : Silver
  • 2007 : Silver
  • 2011 : Silver
  • 2015 : Silver

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.[7] The Canadian team was placed fourth, after the United States, Australia and Great Britain.[8] The team included Cindy Ouellet, Maude Jacques, Jamey Jewells, Tamara Steeves and Abby Stubbert.[9] At the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, Canada placed fourth after Great Britain, Australia and China.[10]

Teams

2012 Summer Paralympic Games
Australia - Canada match, women's wheelchair basketball at Paralympics 2012, September 1. Canada (in red), left to right: Elaine Allard, Janet Mclachlan, Kendra Ohama, Cindy Ouellet, Tamara Steeves, Maude Jacques, Katie Harnock, Tracey Ferguson, Jamey Jewells, Jessica Vliegenthart, Tara Feser

Team Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London consisted of:[11]

Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team-2012 Summer Paralympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthPts.ClubCtr.
4 Allard, Elaine 35 – (1977-02-25)25 February 1977 Gladiateurs de Larval
5 McLachlan, Janet 35 – (1977-08-26)26 August 1977 BC Breakers
6 Ohama, Kendra 47 – (1965-06-01)1 June 1965 Trier Dolphins
7Cindy Ouellet8 December 19883.5 University of Alabama
8Tamara Steeves23 September 19891.5 Brampton Cruisers
9Maude Jacques21 April 19922.5 University of Alabama
10Katie Harnock12 August 19832.0 University of Alabama
11Elisha Williams9 June 19784.5 BC Breakers
12Tracey Ferguson7 September 19743.0 Variety Village Club
13Jamey Jewells23 August 19891.0 Trier Dolphins
14Jessica Vliegenthart11 August 19831.0 BC Breakers
15Tara Feser2 February 19804.5 Edmonton Inferno
  • Coach: Bill Johnson
  • Assistant Coaches: Marni Abbott-Peter, Michael Broughton
  • Additional coaches: Karla Tritten, Tim Frick, Danielle Peers
  • Physiotherapist: Sheila Forler Bauma
  • Physiologist: Mike Dahl
  • Massage Therapist: Sophie Lavardière
  • Team Doctor: Richard Goudie
  • Sport Psychologist: Adrienne Leslie-Toogood

2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

The gold-medal winning 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship team consisted of:[12]

  • Elaine Allard
  • Janet McLachlan
  • Arinn Young
  • Cindy Ouellet
  • Tamara Steeves
  • Maude Jacques
  • Katie Harnock
  • Darda Sales
  • Tracey Ferguson
  • Jamie Jewells
  • Amanda Yan
  • Melanie Hawtin
Number Name Date of Birth Classification Club
4Elaine Allard25 February 19771.5 Saint-Eustache
5Janet McLachlan26 August 19774.5 Vancouver
6Arinn Young10 July 19964.5 Legal
7Cindy Ouellet8 December 19883.5 Québec
8Tamara Steeves23 September 19891.5 Mississauga
9Maude Jacques21 April 19922.5 Sainte-Catherine
10Katie Harnock12 August 19832.0 Elmira
11Darda Sales11 September 19824.5 London (Ontario)
12Tracey Ferguson7 September 19743.0 Holland Landing
13Jamey Jewells23 August 19891.0 Donkin
14Amanda Yan22 May 19883.0 Burnaby
15Melanie Hawtin20 July 19881.5 Oakville
Alt.Corin Metzger28 February 19922.5 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

  1. "Team Canada - Women's National Team". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. "Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. "A Canadian Perspective". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. Labanowich & Thiboutout 2011, p. 293.
  5. Labanowich & Thiboutout 2011, p. 297.
  6. "Past World Championship Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. "Event Overview". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. "Women U25 National Team". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. "Women's U25 Roster". Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  10. "Team Canada Places Fourth at 2015 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. "2012 Women's Roster". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  12. "Team Canada Women's Roster". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

References

  • Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutout, Armand (2011). Wheelchairs Can Jump!: A History of Wheelchair Basketball. Boston: Acanthus Publishing. ISBN 9780984217397. OCLC 792945375.

Further reading

  • Strohkendl, Horst (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball. A History. New York: Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 9783893254415.
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