Maude Jacques (April 21, 1992 – October 8, 2023) was a Canadian 2.5 point

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player who won a gold medal at the

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Biography

Maude Jacques was born in

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, on April 21, 1992. She was introduced to

in 2001 by her

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. 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

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, Ontario, where Team Canada came fourth, and then the senior team at the

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, Mexico, where Team Canada came second. The following year she made her Paralympic debut at the

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in London, where Team Canada came sixth. Afterwards she joined the women's wheelchair basketball team at the

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. In July 2014, she was part of the team that won a gold medal at the

. 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

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. In August 2015, she was part of the team that won silver at the

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, but the following year she was omitted from the team for the

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. She retired from the sport in 2020. In

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

Awards

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(2013)

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