Janet Leung (born April 25, 1994) is a Canadian former professional softball player. She played professionally for the

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of the

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(NPF). She played

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from 2012 to 2016 and earned All-Ivy all four years. She has been a member of

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since 2017 and helped the team make history by winning Canada's first medal in the sport at the

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Career

Leung played

for the

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in the

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from 2012 to 2016. Leung competed at the

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, winning silver. In June 2021, Leung was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. During the Olympics, Leung had two hits and one walk, recording one of her hits during the bronze medal game and scoring the winning run to help Canada defeat

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. Leung represented

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at the

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and won a bronze medal. She also received
certified digital NFT medal

References

External links

Brown Bears bio
1994 births Living people Canadian softball players Competitors at the 2022 World Games Sportspeople from Mississauga Softball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Softball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in softball Pan American Games bronze medalists in softball Brown Bears softball players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players for Canada Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in softball Pan American Games softball players for Canada {{Canada-softball-bio-stub