Melanie Jans - Squash
Melanie Jans was born July 3, 1973, in Montreal, Quebec. She started playing squash at the Georgetown Racquet Club in Georgetown, Ontario at the age of 11. She won her first Canadian Junior National title (U15) in 1987 at age 14 years, the U17 in 1988 and 1989 and the U19 in 1991 and 1992. In 1991, the right hander joined the Women’s International Players’ Association (WISPA) and by 1999 had reached a career high of 25th in the World. Melanie went on to win four Canadian National Women’s Open titles (1998, 2000, 2001 and 2005) and represented Canada for 14 years capturing Gold in the Women’s Individual and Women’s Team event at the 1999 Pan Am Games (Winnipeg, Canada) and Silver at the Individual and Women’s Team event in the 2003 Pan Am Games (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic).
In addition to her four WISPA titles and nine Canadian singles titles, Melanie won the 1999 Canadian Open Mixed Doubles Championship with Patrick Richardson, was the Canadian National Women’s Team coach in 2014 and was inducted into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame in 2015.
In addition to her four WISPA titles and nine Canadian singles titles, Melanie won the 1999 Canadian Open Mixed Doubles Championship with Patrick Richardson, was the Canadian National Women’s Team coach in 2014 and was inducted into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame in 2015.