Maude Jacques

Maude Jacques (April 21, 1992 – October 8, 2023) was a Canadian 2.5 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Maude Jacques

Jacques with the Canada national team
Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1992-04-21)April 21, 1992 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Died	October 8, 2023(2023-10-08) (aged 31) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Disability class	2.5
Event	Women's team
College team	University of Alabama
Medal record Women's wheelchair basketball Representing  Canada World Championship 2014 Toronto Team Parapan American Games 2019 Lima Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team

Biography

Maude Jacques was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on April 21, 1992. She was introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2001 by her physiotherapist. She first played for a mini-team in her home town, and then for club teams. She represented Quebec at the 2011 Canada Games, where her team won a gold medal. That year she was selected first to the U25 national team, and then to the senior women's national team. She played with the U25 team at the 2011 U25 World Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario, where Team Canada came fourth, and then the senior team at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Team Canada came second. The following year she made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Team Canada came sixth. Afterwards she joined the women's wheelchair basketball team at the University of Alabama.^[1] In July 2014, she was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.^[2] The University of Alabama wheelchair basketball team of which she was part won their fourth national championship in the seven years in 2015 with a 58–52 win over the University of Illinois.^[3] In August 2015, she was part of the team that won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games,^[4] but the following year she was omitted from the team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.^[5] She retired from the sport in 2020.^[6]

In wheelchair tennis, she won the Birmingham National Championships in 2015, becoming the Canadian national champion. She participated in the 2016 Alabama Open in August 2016, and the Birmingham National Championships in October 2016.^[7]

Jacques died at a hospital in Sherbrooke on October 8, 2023, at the age of 31 from a bacterial infection.^[8][9][10]

Paralympic Games ^[1]

Competition	Season	Matches	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	TOT	AST	PTS
Paralympic Games	2012	5	1-8	13	0-0	0	0-0	0	5	4	2

Key

FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage	3PM, 3PA, 3P%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage	OR, DR: offensive, defensive rebounds
PTS: points	AST: assists

Awards

• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) ^[1]

References

1. "No 9 - Maude Jacques". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
2. "Canada Wins Gold on Home Soil at the 2014 Women's World Championship". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
3. "Alabama Adapted Athletics » 2015 National Champions". University of Alabama. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
4. "Wheelchair Basketball - Medallists" (PDF). Parapan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
5. Bouchard Labonté, Émilie (August 15, 2016). "Je ne vais pas à Rio... Laissée de côté" (in French). Réseau des sports. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
6. "Maude Jacques, women's wheelchair basketball world champion, dead at 31". CBC Sports. October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
7. Hopf, Becky (August 31, 2016). "Alabama Open wheelchair tennis tournament starts Friday". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
8. "Décès à 31 ans de la basketteuse en fauteuil roulant Maude Jacques" (in French). Radio-Canada. October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
9. "CPC mourns loss of Paralympian Maude Jacques". Canadian Paralympic Committee. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
10. "JACQUES, Maude". Coopérative funéraire de l'Estrie (in French). Retrieved October 23, 2023.

External links

• Maude Jacques at Wheelchair Basketball Canada
• Maude Jacques at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Maude Jacques at the International Paralympic Committee
• Interview vidéo de Maude Jacques on YouTube (in French)