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Manns is a wheelchair tennis player.<ref name=apc>{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/janel-manns |title=Janel Manns |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Australia |year=2012 |access-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712100140/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/janel-manns |archive-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=sourcemanns>{{cite web |url=http://www.camdencourier.com.au/news/local/sport/general/wheelchair-tennis-star-improves-her-ranking/2145316.aspx |title=Wheelchair tennis star improves her ranking |publisher=Camden Haven Courier |date=2011-04-27 |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref> She started playing the sport in 2005,<ref name=apc/><ref name=started2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.portnews.com.au/news/local/sport/tennis/london-bound-janel-ready-for-paralympic-tilt/2604091.aspx |title=London bound: Janel ready for Paralympic tilt |publisher=Port Macquarie News |date=2012-06-27 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> and debuted with the national team in 2006.<ref name=apc/> Prior to taking up tennis, she played wheelchair basketball.<ref name=started2007/> She switched sports because it was easier to find local competitors in Port Macquarie.<ref name=started2007/> She was invited to a Melbourne training camp after head tennis coach [[Greg Crump]] heard she was switching sports.<ref name=started2007/> Crump continues to coach her when she represents Australia.<ref name=wherefromkendal/> In training, she has competed against able bodied players from her local club.<ref name=started2007/>
Manns is a wheelchair tennis player.<ref name=apc>{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/janel-manns |title=Janel Manns |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |location=Australia |year=2012 |access-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712100140/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/janel-manns |archive-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=sourcemanns>{{cite web |url=http://www.camdencourier.com.au/news/local/sport/general/wheelchair-tennis-star-improves-her-ranking/2145316.aspx |title=Wheelchair tennis star improves her ranking |publisher=Camden Haven Courier |date=2011-04-27 |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref> She started playing the sport in 2005,<ref name=apc/><ref name=started2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.portnews.com.au/news/local/sport/tennis/london-bound-janel-ready-for-paralympic-tilt/2604091.aspx |title=London bound: Janel ready for Paralympic tilt |publisher=Port Macquarie News |date=2012-06-27 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> and debuted with the national team in 2006.<ref name=apc/> Prior to taking up tennis, she played wheelchair basketball.<ref name=started2007/> She switched sports because it was easier to find local competitors in Port Macquarie.<ref name=started2007/> She was invited to a Melbourne training camp after head tennis coach [[Greg Crump]] heard she was switching sports.<ref name=started2007/> Crump continues to coach her when she represents Australia.<ref name=wherefromkendal/> In training, she has competed against able bodied players from her local club.<ref name=started2007/>


Manns is a member of [[Kendall Tennis]].<ref name=abcmanns>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-11/port-macquarie-tennis-player-heads-to-paralympics/4123414?section=sport |title=Port Macquarie tennis player heads to Paralympics |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref name=sourcemanns/><ref name=wherefromkendal>{{cite web |url=http://www.portnews.com.au/news/local/sport/tennis/manns-set-for-glory/2599075.aspx |title=Manns set for glory |publisher=Port Macquarie News |date=2012-06-22 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> The club attempted to assist in funding some of her travels but had some difficulty in finding potential sponsors.<ref name=sourcemanns/> Her regular coach from the club is John Manderson, who also serves on the clubs committee.<ref name=abcmanns/><ref name=started2007/>
Manns is a member of [[Kendall Tennis]].<ref name=abcmanns>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-11/port-macquarie-tennis-player-heads-to-paralympics/4123414?section=sport |title=Port Macquarie tennis player heads to Paralympics |newspaper=ABC News |date=11 July 2012 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref name=sourcemanns/><ref name=wherefromkendal>{{cite web |url=http://www.portnews.com.au/news/local/sport/tennis/manns-set-for-glory/2599075.aspx |title=Manns set for glory |publisher=Port Macquarie News |date=2012-06-22 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> The club attempted to assist in funding some of her travels but had some difficulty in finding potential sponsors.<ref name=sourcemanns/> Her regular coach from the club is John Manderson, who also serves on the clubs committee.<ref name=abcmanns/><ref name=started2007/>
[[File:020912 - Janel Manns - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (02).JPG|thumb|left|Manns at the 2012 London Paralympics]]
[[File:020912 - Janel Manns - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (02).JPG|thumb|left|Manns at the 2012 London Paralympics]]
Manns won a bronze medal at the [[2006 FESPIC Games]] in Kuala Lumpur, in her first appearance as a member of Australia's national team.<ref name=apc/> She won three golds at the 2007 Arafura Games, in the mixed team, doubles and in the singles events.<ref name=apc/> In 2010, she peaked in the rankings at seventeenth in the world in the singles event.<ref name=sourcemanns/> Because of financial problems that prevented her from traveling, she was unable to compete for a while and her ranking fell to sixty-third in the world.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In 2011, she played in several tournaments in South America, including competitions in Baranquilla, Santiago, Minas Gerais and Buneos Aires.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In Minas Gerais and Buneos Aires, she made the finals in the women's wheelchair singles.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In Baranquilla and Santiago, she made the semi-finals in the women's wheelchair singles.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> She won the women's wheelchair doubles event with Argentine partner [[Andrea Medrano]] in Santiago and Baranquilla.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> Following these events, she improved her world ranking to number thirty.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> By April 2011, she had been selected as a member of Australia's Shadow Paralympic Squad ahead of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.<ref name=sourcemanns/>
Manns won a bronze medal at the [[2006 FESPIC Games]] in Kuala Lumpur, in her first appearance as a member of Australia's national team.<ref name=apc/> She won three golds at the 2007 Arafura Games, in the mixed team, doubles and in the singles events.<ref name=apc/> In 2010, she peaked in the rankings at seventeenth in the world in the singles event.<ref name=sourcemanns/> Because of financial problems that prevented her from traveling, she was unable to compete for a while and her ranking fell to sixty-third in the world.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In 2011, she played in several tournaments in South America, including competitions in Barranquilla, Santiago, Minas Gerais and Buenos Aires.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In Minas Gerais and Buenos Aires, she made the finals in the women's wheelchair singles.<ref name=sourcemanns/> In Barranquilla and Santiago, she made the semi-finals in the women's wheelchair singles.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> She won the women's wheelchair doubles event with Argentine partner [[Andrea Medrano]] in Santiago and Barranquilla.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> Following these events, she improved her world ranking to number thirty.<ref name=apc/><ref name=sourcemanns/> By April 2011, she had been selected as a member of Australia's Shadow Paralympic Squad ahead of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.<ref name=sourcemanns/>


Manns was selected to represent [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Australia]] at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in women's singles and women's doubles wheelchair tennis<ref name=started2007/><ref name=wherefromkendal/> at what will be her first Paralympics.<ref name=wherefromkendal/><ref name=firstparas>{{cite web |url=http://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/best-wishes-for-mid-north-coasts-paralympians/2607529.aspx |title=Best wishes for mid north coast's paralympians |work=Manning River Times |date=2012-06-29 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> Her doubles partner will be [[Daniela Di Toro]].<ref name=started2007/><ref name=wherefromkendal/> Her first match is scheduled to start on 1 September.<ref name=firstparas/>
Manns was selected to represent [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Australia]] at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in women's singles and women's doubles wheelchair tennis<ref name=started2007/><ref name=wherefromkendal/> at what will be her first Paralympics.<ref name=wherefromkendal/><ref name=firstparas>{{cite web |url=http://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/best-wishes-for-mid-north-coasts-paralympians/2607529.aspx |title=Best wishes for mid north coast's paralympians |work=Manning River Times |date=2012-06-29 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> Her doubles partner will be [[Daniela Di Toro]].<ref name=started2007/><ref name=wherefromkendal/> Her first match is scheduled to start on 1 September.<ref name=firstparas/>
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 14 December 2024

Janel Manns
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Manns
Full nameJanel Manns
Country (sports) Australia
ResidencePort Macquarie, New South Wales
Born (1966-05-28) 28 May 1966 (age 58)
Turned pro2006
PlaysLeft Handed
Singles
Other tournaments
Doubles
Other doubles tournaments
Last updated on: 13 July 2012.

Janel Manns (born 28 May 1966) is an Australian wheelchair tennis player. She has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in tennis.

Personal

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Manns was born on 28 May 1966[1] and is from Port Macquarie,[1][2] though she has lived in Sydney prior to moving back home.[3] She is left-handed.[1] Following a bathroom accident at the age of thirty-two as a result of not safely crossing a wet floor, she became an incomplete paraplegic.[1] She works for Port Macquarie TAFE as a teacher, temporarily leaving her position in late June 2012 in order to prepare for the London Paralympics.[1][3]

Tennis

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Manns is a wheelchair tennis player.[1][4] She started playing the sport in 2005,[1][3] and debuted with the national team in 2006.[1] Prior to taking up tennis, she played wheelchair basketball.[3] She switched sports because it was easier to find local competitors in Port Macquarie.[3] She was invited to a Melbourne training camp after head tennis coach Greg Crump heard she was switching sports.[3] Crump continues to coach her when she represents Australia.[5] In training, she has competed against able bodied players from her local club.[3]

Manns is a member of Kendall Tennis.[2][4][5] The club attempted to assist in funding some of her travels but had some difficulty in finding potential sponsors.[4] Her regular coach from the club is John Manderson, who also serves on the clubs committee.[2][3]

Manns at the 2012 London Paralympics

Manns won a bronze medal at the 2006 FESPIC Games in Kuala Lumpur, in her first appearance as a member of Australia's national team.[1] She won three golds at the 2007 Arafura Games, in the mixed team, doubles and in the singles events.[1] In 2010, she peaked in the rankings at seventeenth in the world in the singles event.[4] Because of financial problems that prevented her from traveling, she was unable to compete for a while and her ranking fell to sixty-third in the world.[4] In 2011, she played in several tournaments in South America, including competitions in Barranquilla, Santiago, Minas Gerais and Buenos Aires.[4] In Minas Gerais and Buenos Aires, she made the finals in the women's wheelchair singles.[4] In Barranquilla and Santiago, she made the semi-finals in the women's wheelchair singles.[1][4] She won the women's wheelchair doubles event with Argentine partner Andrea Medrano in Santiago and Barranquilla.[1][4] Following these events, she improved her world ranking to number thirty.[1][4] By April 2011, she had been selected as a member of Australia's Shadow Paralympic Squad ahead of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Manns was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in women's singles and women's doubles wheelchair tennis[3][5] at what will be her first Paralympics.[5][6] Her doubles partner will be Daniela Di Toro.[3][5] Her first match is scheduled to start on 1 September.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Janel Manns". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Port Macquarie tennis player heads to Paralympics". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "London bound: Janel ready for Paralympic tilt". Port Macquarie News. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wheelchair tennis star improves her ranking". Camden Haven Courier. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Manns set for glory". Port Macquarie News. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Best wishes for mid north coast's paralympians". Manning River Times. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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