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.
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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 19 June 1972|||||||||||||||||
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Personal
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
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]
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