Jan Bowman


Janice Faye Bowman is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Bowman played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1975 World Championship held in Colombia. At the Championship, Bowman contracted German measles the day of the first game and was put into isolation for the rest of the tournament. At 182cm tall, Bowman played Centre. Bowman played in an era before the creation of the Women's National Basketball League in 1981. Although Bowman was born in Brisbane, she played for Victoria at the national basketball championships.