Janel Manns

Janel Manns (born 28 May 1966) is an Australianwheelchair tennis player. She has been selected to repre-sent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in tennis.

1 Personal

Manns was born on 28 May 1966[1] and is from PortMacquarie,[1][2] though she has lived in Sydney prior tomoving back home.[3] She is left handed.[1] Followinga bathroom accident at the age of thirty-two as a resultof not safely crossing a wet floor, she became an incom-plete paraplegic.[1] She works for Port Macquarie TAFEas a teacher, temporarily leaving her position in late June2012 in order to prepare for the London Paralympics.[1][3]

2 Tennis

Manns is a wheelchair tennis player.[1][4] She started play-ing the sport in 2005,[1][3] and debuted with the nationalteam in 2006.[1] Prior to taking up tennis, she playedwheelchair basketball.[3] She switched sports because itwas easier to find local competitors in Port Macquarie.[3]She was invited to a Melbourne training camp afterhead tennis coach Greg Crump her she was switchingsports.[3] Crump continues to coach her when she rep-resents Australia.[5] In training, she has competed againstable bodied players from her local club.[3]

Manns is a member of Kendall Tennis.[2][4][5] The clubattempted to assist in funding some of her travels but hadsome difficulty in finding potential sponsors.[4] Her reg-ular coach from the club is John Manderson, who alsoserves on the clubs committee.[2][3]

Manns won a bronze medal at the 2006 FESPIC Gamesin Kuala Lumpur, in her first appearance as a member ofAustralia’s national team.[1] She won three golds at the2007 Arafura Games, in the mixed team, doubles and inthe singles events.[1] In 2010, she peaked in the rankingsat seventeenth in the world in the singles event.[4] Becauseof financial problems that prevented her from traveling,she was unable to compete for a while and her rankingfell to sixty-third in the world.[4] In 2011, she played inseveral tournaments in South America, including compe-titions in Baranquilla, Santiago, Minas Gerias and BuneosAires.[4] In Minas Gerias and Buneos Aires, she made thefinals in the women’s wheelchair singles.[4] In Baranquillaand Santiago, she made the semi-finals in the women’s

wheelchair singles.[1][4] She won the women’s wheelchairdoubles event with Argentine partner Andrea Medranoin Santiago and Baranquilla.[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 ofAustralia’s Shadow Paralympic Squad ahead of the 2012Summer Paralympics.[4]

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

3 References[1] “Janel Manns”. Australia: Australian Paralympic Com-

mittee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[2] “Port Macquarie tennis player heads to Paralympics”.ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broad-casting Corporation). Retrieved 2012-07-13.

[3] “London bound: Janel ready for Paralympic tilt”. PortMacquarie News. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

[4] “Wheelchair tennis star improves her ranking”. CamdenHaven Courier. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

[5] “Manns set for glory”. Port Macquarie News. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

[6] “Best wishes for mid north coast’s paralympians”. Man-ning River Times. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

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