Jan Stirling

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Jan Stirling is a prominent Australian basketball coach best known for leading the Opals to multiple international medals, including a World Championship and Olympic podium finishes.

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instanceOf Australian basketball coach
basketball coach
human
awardReceived Member of the Order of Australia
citizenship Australian
coached Adelaide Lightning NERFINISHED
Australia women’s national basketball team NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfCoachingActivity Australia NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
employer Australian Institute of Sport NERFINISHED
Basketball Australia NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork high‑performance sport
sports coaching
gender female
hasWon FIBA World Championship for Women gold medal as coach
Olympic bronze medal as coach
Olympic silver medal as coach
influenced development of elite women’s basketball coaching in Australia
knownFor Olympic podium finishes with the Opals
World Championship title with the Opals
leading the Opals to multiple international medals
languagesSpoken English
leagueCoachedIn Women’s National Basketball League NERFINISHED
memberOfSportsTeam Australia women’s national basketball team NERFINISHED
nickname Opals coach
notableAchievement first woman to coach an Australian national basketball team at a World Championship or Olympic Games
helped establish Australia as a leading nation in women’s basketball
led the Opals to multiple Olympic medals
led the Opals to their first FIBA World Championship gold medal
won multiple WNBL championships with Adelaide Lightning
notableWork coaching the Australia women’s national basketball team
occupation basketball coach
positionHeld head coach of the Australia women’s national basketball team
residence Australia
sport basketball
workLocation Adelaide NERFINISHED
Canberra NERFINISHED

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