Maude Jacques

Maude Jacques (born April 21, 1992) is a Canadian 2.5 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Maude Jacques
Team Canada - No 9 - Maude Jacques
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class2.5
Event(s)Women's team
College teamUniversity of Alabama
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
2014 World ChampionshipsWomen's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Maude Jacques was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on April 21, 1992. She was introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2001 by her physiotherapist. She first played for a mini-team in her home town, and then for club teams. She represented Quebec at the 2011 Canada Games, where her team won a gold medal. That year she was selected first to the U25 national team, and then to the senior women's team. She played with the U25 team at the 2011 U25 World Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario, where Team Canada came fourth, and then the senior team at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Team Canada came second. The following year she made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Team Canada came sixth. Afterwards she joined the women's wheelchair basketball team at the University of Alabama.[1] In July 2014, she was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.[2] The University of Alabama wheelchair basketball team of which she was part won their fourth National Championship in the seven years in 2015 with a 58–52 win over the University of Illinois.[3] In August 2015, she was part of the team that won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games,[4] but the following year she was omitted from the team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[5]

In wheelchair tennis, she won the Birmingham National Championships in 2015, becoming the Canadian national champion. She participated in the 2016 Alabama Open in August 2016, and the Birmingham National Championships in October 2016.[6]

Paralympic Games [1]
Competition Season Matches FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% TOT AST PTS
Paralympic Games 2012 5 1-8 13 0-0 0 0-0 0 5 4 2
Key
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage 3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage OR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points AST: assists

Awards

References
  1. "No 9 - Maude Jacques". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  2. "Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women's World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  3. "Alabama Adapted Athletics » 2015 National Champions". University of Alabama. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. "Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists" (PDF). Toronto 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. Labonté, Émilie Bouchard (15 August 2016). "Je ne vais pas à Rio... Laissée de côté". Réseau des sports (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. Hopf, Becky (31 August 2016). "Alabama Open wheelchair tennis tournament starts Friday". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 13 October 2016.


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