Janeth Arcain
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.jpg) Janeth in 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 11, 1969 São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 147 lb (67 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 1997: 2nd round, 13th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Comets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1983–2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2003, 2005 | Houston Comets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Janeth dos Santos Arcain (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒaˈnɛtʃi dus ˈsɐ̃tuz aɾˈkɐ̃j], born April 11, 1969 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997–2005.
Arcain is one of the players induced in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.[1][2]
WNBA career
Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. She was selected 13th overall in the second round of the Elite draft by the Houston Comets. She played every Comets game in the first seven seasons of the WNBA before skipping the 2004 season to prepare for the Olympics. A key piece of the Comets dynasty that included four championships from 1997 to 2000, Arcain had her best season in 2001, averaging 18.5 points per game en route to Most Improved Player and First Team All-WNBA honors.
International career
With the Brazil national team, Arcain won the FIBA World Championship for Women in 1994 and two medals in the Olympic Games: silver in 1996, and bronze in 2000.[1] Arcain also finished fourth in 2004, where she became the highest-scoring female player ever of the Olympics with 535 points, a record broken in 2012 by Lauren Jackson.[3] She decided to retire after two big events to be hosted in Brazil, the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women (fourth) and the 2007 Pan American Games (silver).[4]
Arcain was named mayor of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Village.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Arcain
- ^ Lisa Leslie part of 2015 women's basketball Hall of Fame class
- ^ Lauren Jackson becomes all-time women's Olympic high scorer as Australia wears down China to advance
- ^ http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/ultnot/2007/07/24/ult4663u85.jhtm
- ^ Brazilian basketball legend Arcain named ‘Mayor’ of Olympic Village
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- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
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- Brazilian women's basketball players
- Houston Comets players
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
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