Janet McLachlan

Janet Margaret 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.

Biography 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. 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. and silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.

In 2013, McLachlan won first place in the Stanley Park Open wheelchair tennis tournament in the women's singles division.

Awards Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) Wheelchair Basketball Canada Female Athlete of the Year (2011) BC Wheelchair Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2009)