Janeth dos Santos Arcain (, born April 11, 1969 in

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, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the

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(WNBA) from 1997 to 2005. Arcain is one of the players inducted in the

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in 2015.Arcain
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in 2019.

WNBA career

Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. She was selected 13th overall in the second round of the Elite draft by the Houston Comets. She played every Comets game in the first seven seasons of the WNBA before skipping the 2004 season to prepare for the Olympics. A key piece of the Comets dynasty that included four championships from 1997 to 2000, Arcain had her best season in 2001, averaging 18.5 points per game en route to Most Improved Player and First Team All-WNBA honors.

National team career

With the Brazil national team, Arcain won the FIBA World Championship for Women in 1994 and two

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in the

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: silver in 1996, and bronze in

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. Arcain also finished fourth in 2004, where she became the highest-scoring female player ever of the Olympics with 535 points, a record broken in

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by Lauren Jackson. She decided to retire after two big events to be hosted in Brazil, the

2006 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian national fe ...

(fourth) and the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

(silver). Arcain was named mayor of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Village.Brazilian basketball legend Arcain named ‘Mayor’ of Olympic Village
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References

External links

WNBA Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcain, Janeth 1969 births Living people Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States Brazilian women's basketball players FIBA Hall of Fame inductees Houston Comets players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from São Paulo Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games

WNBA career

National team career

See also

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