Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team explained

Type:Women's Wheelchair
Country:Canada
Iwbf Zone:Americas
National Fed:Wheelchair Basketball Canada
Iwbf Ranking:1st
Coach:Bill Johnson
Color1:white
Color2:red
Paraly Appearances:10
Paraly Medals:

3 :0 :1

Wc Medals:

5 :0 :2

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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.

History

Wheelchair basketball has been played in Canada since the 1940s.[2] A women's tournament was held at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, and a Canadian women's team participated in the 1972 Summer Paralympics.

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.

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.[3] In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship before a home crowd in Toronto.[4]

Other International Tournaments

Parapan American Games

Team Canada has won four 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.[5] The Canadian team was placed fourth, after the United States, Australia and Great Britain.[6] The team included Cindy Ouellet, Maude Jacques, Jamey Jewells, Tamara Steeves and Abby Stubbert.[7] At the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, Canada placed fourth after Great Britain, Australia and China.[8]

Teams

2012 Summer Paralympic Games

Team Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London consisted of:[9]

2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

The gold-medal winning 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship team consisted of:[10]

NumberNameDate of BirthClassificationClub
4 25 February 1977 1.5 Saint-Eustache
5 26 August 1977 4.5 Vancouver
6 10 July 1996 4.5 Legal
7 8 December 1988 3.5 Québec
8 23 September 1989 1.5 Mississauga
9 21 April 1992 2.5 Sainte-Catherine
10 12 August 1983 2.0 Elmira
11 11 September 1982 4.5 London (Ontario)
12 7 September 1974 3.0 Holland Landing
13 23 August 1989 1.0 Donkin
14 22 May 1988 3.0 Burnaby
15 20 July 1988 1.5 Oakville
Alt. Corin Metzger 28 February 1992 2.5 Elmira

See also

References

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Canada - Women's National Team. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 10 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103115951/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women.aspx. 2014-11-03. dead.
  2. Web site: A Canadian Perspective . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 10 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811003839/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/A_Canadian_Perspective.aspx . 2014-08-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: Past World Championship Results. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055021/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/past-world-championship-results. 2014-08-08. dead.
  4. Web site: Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 10 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817221559/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/schedule-results-top/schedule-and-results . 17 August 2014 .
  5. Web site: Event Overview . https://archive.today/20140806140844/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/content.aspx?id=3407 . dead . 6 August 2014 . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 4 August 2014 .
  6. Web site: Women U25 National Team . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 4 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718055346/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women.aspx . 2014-07-18 . dead .
  7. Web site: Women's U25 Roster . 4 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140722204054/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_U25_Women_Roster.aspx . 2014-07-22 . dead .
  8. Web site: Team Canada Places Fourth at 2015 Women’s U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 6 July 2015 . 7 July 2015 .
  9. Web site: 2012 Women's Roster . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 10 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227153054/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/full.aspx?id=6439 . 2014-12-27 . dead .
  10. Web site: Team Canada Women's Roster . Wheelchair Basketball Canada . 10 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103122939/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Team_Canada_Women_Roster.aspx . 2014-11-03 . dead .

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