Janeth Arcain

Janeth Arcain

Janeth in 2007.
Personal information
Born (1969-04-11) April 11, 1969
São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 147 lb (67 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Houston Comets
Playing career 1983–2007
Position Guard
Number 9
Career history
1997–2003, 2005 Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
1994 Australia Team
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Team
1987 Indianapolis Team
2007 Rio Team

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]

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References

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