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]

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]

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.[6]

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.[7] 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
  • 2022 : 5th

Other International Tournaments

Parapan American Games

Team Canada has won one gold medal and five silver medals at the Parapan Am Games:[1]

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.[8] The Canadian team was placed fourth, after the United States, Australia and Great Britain.[9] The team included Cindy Ouellet, Maude Jacques, Jamey Jewells, Tamara Steeves and Abby Stubbert.[10] At the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, Canada placed fourth after Great Britain, Australia and China.[11] At the 2023 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Bangkok, Canada placed sixth. [12]

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:[13]

The following is the Canada roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[14]

Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team-2012 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr.
4 Elaine Allard 35 – (1977-02-25)25 February 1977 1.5 Gladiateurs de Larval Canada
5 Janet McLachlan 35 – (1977-08-26)26 August 1977 4.5 BC Breakers Canada
6 Kendra Ohama 47 – (1965-06-01)1 June 1965 2.5 Trier Dolphins Germany
7 Cindy Ouellet 23 – (1988-12-08)8 December 1988 3.5 University of Alabama United States
8 Tamara Steeves 22 – (1989-09-23)23 September 1989 1.5 Brampton Cruisers Canada
9 Maude Jacques 20 – (1992-04-21)21 April 1992 2.5 University of Alabama United States
10 Katie Harnock 29 – (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 2.0 University of Alabama United States
11 Elisha Williams 34 – (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 4.5 BC Breakers Canada
12 Tracey Ferguson 37 – (1974-09-07)7 September 1974 3.0 Variety Village Club Canada
13 Jamey Jewells 23 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 1.0 Trier Dolphins Germany
14 Jessica Vliegenthart 29 – (1983-08-11)11 August 1983 1.0 BC Breakers Canada
15 Tara Feser 32 – (1980-02-02)2 February 1980 4.5 Edmonton Inferno Canada
Head coach
  • Bill Johnson
Assistant coach(es)

2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

The gold-medal winning 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship team consisted of:[15]

  • Elaine Allard
    Elaine Allard
  • Janet McLachlan
    Janet McLachlan
  • Arinn Young
    Arinn Young
  • Cindy Ouellet
    Cindy Ouellet
  • Tamara Steeves
    Tamara Steeves
  • Maude Jacques
    Maude Jacques
  • Katie Harnock
    Katie Harnock
  • Darda Sales
    Darda Sales
  • Tracey Ferguson
    Tracey Ferguson
  • Jamie Jewells
    Jamie Jewells
  • Amanda Yan
    Amanda Yan
  • Melanie Hawtin
    Melanie Hawtin
Number Name Date of Birth Classification Club
4 Elaine Allard 25 February 1977 1.5 Canada Saint-Eustache
5 Janet McLachlan 26 August 1977 4.5 Canada Vancouver
6 Arinn Young 10 July 1996 4.5 Canada Legal
7 Cindy Ouellet 8 December 1988 3.5 Canada Québec
8 Tamara Steeves 23 September 1989 1.5 Canada Mississauga
9 Maude Jacques 21 April 1992 2.5 Canada Sainte-Catherine
10 Katie Harnock 12 August 1983 2.0 Canada Elmira
11 Darda Sales 11 September 1982 4.5 Canada London (Ontario)
12 Tracey Ferguson 7 September 1974 3.0 Canada Holland Landing
13 Jamey Jewells 23 August 1989 1.0 Canada Donkin
14 Amanda Yan 22 May 1988 3.0 Canada Burnaby
15 Melanie Hawtin 20 July 1988 1.5 Canada Oakville
Alt. Corin Metzger 28 February 1992 2.5 Canada 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. ^ a b c d "Team Canada - Women's National Team". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "WBC welcomes Michèle Sung as SWNT coach". Wheelchair Basketball Canada.
  7. ^ "Past World Championship Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Event Overview". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Women U25 National Team". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Women's U25 Roster". Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Team Canada Places Fourth at 2015 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Canada falls to Germany, finishes sixth at the IWBF Women's U25 World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  13. ^ "2012 Women's Roster". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball Canada Nominates Men's and Women's Teams for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  15. ^ "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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_wheelchair_basketball_team
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