Janet McLachlan
Team Canada – No 5 – Janet McLachlan
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 Canada
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August 26, 1977 North Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's team | |||||||||||||||
| Club | BC Breakers, Giulianova | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bill Johnson | |||||||||||||||
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Janet McLachlan (born August 26, 1977) is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Birmingham, and gold at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.
Janet Margaret McLachlan was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on August 26, 1977. She was born into a family with a long history of participation in sports. Her father played Canadian football for the University of British Columbia, was drafted by the Canadian Football League, and played rugby in British Columbia and New Zealand. Her mother won both the Canadian over-65 singles and over-65 doubles tennis championships in 2009, and represented Canada at the World Senior Tennis Championships. McLachlan attended the University of Victoria, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, and the University of Alberta, where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree.
McLachlan played basketball for the University of Victoria Vikes from 1995 to 2000, during which time they won national championships in 1998 and 2000. She was also a member of the Canadian International University Sports Federation (FISU) Games team in Beijing in 2001. In addition, she played rugby with the Team Canada A and B squads from 2002 to 2005. In an attempt to gain selection for the Canadian national team for the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, she badly mangled her knee.
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