Background
Maude Jacques was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on April 21, 1992.
Maude Jacques was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on April 21, 1992.
She was introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2001 by her physiotherapist. She first played for a mini-team in her home town, and then for club teams. That year she was selected first to the U25 national team, and then to the senior women"s team
She played with the U25 team at the 2011 U25 World Championships in Saint Catharines, Ontario, where Team Canada came fourth, and then the senior team at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Team Canada came second.
The following year she made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, where Team Canada came sixth. Afterwards she joined the women"s wheelchair basketball team at the University of Alabama.
