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 Sachs with the ball during a match at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1972 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Jane Sachs (née Webb, born 19 June 1972) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, who has won two medals at three Paralympics from 1996 to 2004.
Personal
[edit]Sachs was born in Hobart on 19 June 1972.[1] She competed in running and played netball before an accident at the age of nine, when she fell from a tree and landed on an exposed tree root, breaking her back.[2][3] She works as a consultant for Westpac and lives in Sydney.[4] She was married to wheelchair basketballer Troy Sachs and the couple had a daughter.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Sachs, a 3 point player, first represented Australia in the national wheelchair basketball squad at the 1989 FESPIC Games.[7] She competed in the 1990 and 1994 Gold Cups, receiving a bronze medal in the latter event, and the 1994 FESPIC Games.[1][8] Her first Paralympics was the 1996 Atlanta Games, where her team came fourth, and she won a bronze medal with her team at the 1998 Gold Cup.[8][9] She won silver medals with her team at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Paralympics.[9][10] She has played for the West Sydney Razorbacks and, most recently, the Stacks Goudkamp Bears (previously the North Sydney Bears).[7][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: wheelchair basketball". ausport.gov.au. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Hooton, Amanda (29 July 2000). "Two of us". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 14.
- ^ Suttor, Paul (26 August 1998). "Basketball in sitting style". The Illawarra Mercury. p. 54. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Jane Sachs". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Hamwi, Omar (18 September 2008). "Our Troy sacks Canada and pockets a gold". North Shore Times. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Jane Sachs: About". Facebook. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Athlete Profile". paralympic.org.au. Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Jane Webb". paralympic.org.au. Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 February 2000. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Jane Webb". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Jane Sachs". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "New-look WNWBL ignites this weekend". Basketball Australia. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018.
External links
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- Jane Webb at the International Paralympic Committee (1996, 2000)
- Jane Sachs at the International Paralympic Committee (2004)