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. In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship.

History Wheelchair basketball has been played in Canada since the 1940s. 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,. In 2014 it won a fifth world championship at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

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.

Paralympic games Team Canada is the only team to have won three consecutive gold medals at the Summer Paralympics, in 1992, 1996 and 2000. 1972 : 5th 1976 : 4th 1984 : 4th 1988 : 4th 1992 : Gold 1996 : Gold 2000 : Gold 2004 : Bronze 2008 : 5th 2012 : 6th 2016 : 5th 2020 : 5th 2024 : 4th

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. In 2014 it won a fifth World Championship before a home crowd in Toronto. 1990 : Bronze 1994 : Gold 1998 : Gold 2002 : Gold 2006 : Gold 2010 : Bronze 2014 : Gold 2018 : 5th 2022 : 5th 2026 : Silver

Other International Tournaments

Parapan American Games Team Canada has won one gold medal and five silver medals at the Parapan Am Games: 1986 : Silver 2007 : Silver 2011 : Silver 2015 : Silver 2019 : Gold 2023 : 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. The Canadian team was placed fourth, after the United States, Australia and Great Britain. The team included Cindy Ouellet, Maude Jacques, Jamey Jewells, Tamara Steeves and Abby Stubbert. At the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, Canada placed fourth after Great Britain, Australia and China. At the 2023 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Bangkok, Canada placed sixth.

Teams

2012 Summer Paralympic Games

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

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

NumberNameDate of birthClassificationClub 4 Elaine Allard 25 February 1977 1.5 Saint-Eustache 5 Janet McLachlan 26 August 1977 4.5 Vancouver 6 Arinn Young 10 July 1996 4.5 Legal 7 Cindy Ouellet 8 December 1988 3.5 Québec 8 Tamara Steeves 23 September 1989 1.5 Mississauga 9 Maude Jacques 21 April 1992 2.5 Sainte-Catherine 10 Katie Harnock 12 August 1983 2.0 Elmira 11 Darda Sales 11 September 1982 4.5 London (Ontario) 12 Tracey Ferguson 7 September 1974 3.0 Holland Landing 13 Jamey Jewells 23 August 1989 1.0 Donkin 14 Amanda Yan 22 May 1988 3.0 Burnaby 15 Melanie Hawtin 20 July 1988 1.5 Oakville Alt. Corin Metzger 28 February 1992 2.5 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 Canada women's national basketball team

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Further reading

External links Wheelchair Basketball Canada