Canada's Michelle Plouffe retires after career with women's, 3x3 national teams
TORONTO — Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball.
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The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017.
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She then shifted to 3×3 basketball, where she played _ alongside her twin sister Katherine Plouffe — a big role in building the Canadian program from the ground up.
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Plouffe led Canada to multiple FIBA 3×3 Women's Series titles, a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, and a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics.
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'This journey has always been more than just playing basketball,' Plouffe said in a release. 'It's been about people, purpose, planting seeds and watching them grow.'
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'We never set out to be the best team in the world — we set out to be the best people to play with,' Plouffe added. 'And we believed the rest would follow. You don't plant fruit. You plant seeds. We planted encouragement. We planted trust. We planted love. That's what grew.'
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Article content TORONTO — Three-time Olympian Michelle Plouffe has announced her retirement from international basketball. Article content The 32-year-old from Edmonton was part of Canada's women's basketball teams at the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Olympics, also helping the program win back-to-back FIBA AmeriCup championships in 2015 and 2017. Article content She then shifted to 3×3 basketball, where she played _ alongside her twin sister Katherine Plouffe — a big role in building the Canadian program from the ground up. Article content Article content Plouffe led Canada to multiple FIBA 3×3 Women's Series titles, a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, and a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. Article content Article content 'This journey has always been more than just playing basketball,' Plouffe said in a release. 'It's been about people, purpose, planting seeds and watching them grow.' Article content 'We never set out to be the best team in the world — we set out to be the best people to play with,' Plouffe added. 'And we believed the rest would follow. You don't plant fruit. You plant seeds. We planted encouragement. We planted trust. We planted love. That's what grew.' Article content
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