Jan Stirling played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1975 World Championship held in Colombia.
10 Facts About Jan Stirling
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Jan Stirling led Adelaide Lightning to 12 straight Women's National Basketball League finals appearances between 1993 and 2004 and five consecutive Grand Final appearances resulting in four Championships.
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Jan Stirling became an assistant coach of the Opals in 1994 and became head coach in 2001, the first time an Australian former player, and a woman, had ever taken charge of the Opals.
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In 2004, Jan Stirling quit the Lightning to concentrate full-time on coaching the Opals.
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Jan Stirling had immediate success as national coach, winning a bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships in China.
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Jan Stirling then led the Opals to silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, to gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, gold at the 2006 FIBA world championship in Brazil and silver at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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Since 2010, Jan Stirling has been assisting Port Adelaide Power with their Leadership program.
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Jan Stirling was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2008 for her contribution to sport - as an elite coach, player and as a contributor to professional development and the community.
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In 2013, Jan Stirling was elected to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Jan Stirling was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2015.