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{{Short description|Brazilian basketball player (born 1969)}}
{{more footnotes|date=January 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Janeth Arcain
| image = Janeth Arcain (21300956406).jpg
| caption = Janeth in 2007
| team = 
| number = 9
| position = [[Shooting guard]]
| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 147
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|04|11}}
| birth_place = [[São Paulo, São Paulo|São Paulo]], Brazil
| college = 
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 13
| draft_team = [[Houston Comets]]
| career_start = 1983
| career_end = 2007
| years1 = 1997–2003, 2005
| team1 = [[Houston Comets]]
| bbr_wnba = arcaija01w
| highlights = 
* 4× [[WNBA Championship|WNBA champion]] (1997–2000)
* [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2001 WNBA All-Star Game|2001]])
* [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2001}})
* [[WNBA Most Improved Player Award]] ({{WNBA Year|2001}})
| womensHOF = janeth-arcain
| FIBA_HOF_player = Janeth-Arcain
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's Basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|BRA}}[[Brazil women's national basketball team|Brazil]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996 Atlanta]] |  }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000 Sydney]] |  }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|1994 Australia]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio]] | }}
| wnba_profile = janeth_arcain
}}

'''Janeth dos Santos Arcain''' ({{IPA|pt|ʒaˈnɛtʃi dus ˈsɐ̃tuz aʁˈkɐ̃j}}, born April 11, 1969) is a Brazilian former professional [[women's basketball]] player. She played in the United States for the [[Houston Comets]] in the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) from 1997 to 2005.

Arcain is one of  the players inducted in the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref name="hof">{{Cite web |title=Janeth Arcain |url=https://wbhof.com/famers/janeth-arcain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812095234/https://www.wbhof.com/famers/janeth-arcain/ |archive-date=2020-08-12 |access-date= |website=[[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-lisa-leslie-hall-fame-class-20140719-story.html Lisa Leslie part of 2015 women's basketball Hall of Fame class]</ref> She was inducted into the [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame]] 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 [[WNBA Elite draft|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.

Arcain's final WNBA game was played in Game 2 of the 2005 Western Conference Finals on September 10, 2005 against the [[Sacramento Monarchs]]. Arcain recorded 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals but her team would lose the game 65 - 74 and be eliminated from the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200509100SAC.html | title=Houston Comets at Sacramento Monarchs, September 10, 2005 }}</ref>

==National team career==
With the [[Brazil women's national basketball team|Brazil national team]], Arcain won the [[FIBA World Championship for Women]] in 1994 and two [[List of Olympic medalists in basketball|medals]] in the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]: silver in [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], and bronze in [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]].<ref name=hof/> Arcain also finished fourth in [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], where she became the highest-scoring female player ever of the Olympics with 535 points, a record broken in  [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] by [[Lauren Jackson]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fullcourt.com/clay-kallam/21683/lauren-jackson-becomes-all-time-womens-olympic-high-scorer-australia-wears-down-ch |title=Lauren Jackson becomes all-time women's Olympic high scorer as Australia wears down China to advance |access-date=October 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510082816/http://www.fullcourt.com/clay-kallam/21683/lauren-jackson-becomes-all-time-womens-olympic-high-scorer-australia-wears-down-ch |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She decided to retire after two big events to be hosted in Brazil, the [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women]] (fourth) and the [[2007 Pan American Games]] (silver).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/ultnot/2007/07/24/ult4663u85.jhtm|title = "O dia passou muito rápido", afirma Janeth - UOL Esporte - Pan 2007}}</ref>

Arcain was named mayor of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Olympic Village]].<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/news/brazilian-basketball-legend-arcain-named-mayor-of-olympic-village Brazilian basketball legend Arcain named ‘Mayor’ of Olympic Village]</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Arcain won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|}

===WNBA===
Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/a/arcaija01w.html|title=Janeth Arcain WNBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=4 June 2024}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 28° || 27 || 28.0 || .440 || .273 || .894 || 3.9 || 1.6 || 1.5 || .1 || 2.4 || 10.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[1998 WNBA season|1998]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 30° || 4 || 21.9 || .426 || .152 || .756 || 3.6 || .9 || .8 || .1 || 1.3 || 6.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || 1 || 23.0 || .433 || .250 || .829 || 2.8 || 1.2 || .9 || .1 || '''1.2''' || 5.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || 30.5 || '''.468''' || .200 || .837 || 3.7 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .1 || 1.7 || 8.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || '''36.1''' || .426 || '''.333''' || '''.900''' || '''4.3''' || '''2.9''' || '''1.9''' || .1 || 2.6 || '''18.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || style="background:#D3D3D3" | 32° || 34.9 || .424 || .270 || .883 || 3.9 || 2.7 || 1.6 || '''.2''' || 2.2 || 11.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''34'''° || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''34'''° || 33.4 || .466 || .243 || .840 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 1.2 || .0 || 1.5 || 11.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| '''34''' || style="background:#D3D3D3" | '''34'''° || 31.7 || .421 || .188 || .883 || 2.7 || 1.6 || 1.6 || '''.2''' || 1.6 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 8 years, 1 team
| 254 || 196 || 30.1 || .437 || .251 || .867 || 3.6 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .1 || 1.8 || 10.4 
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[1997 WNBA Playoffs|1997]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 35.0 || .333 || '''.333''' || '''1.000''' || '''7.5''' || .5 || .5 || .0 || .5 || 10.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[1998 WNBA Playoffs|1998]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 5 || 0 || 18.4 || .444 || .000 || &ndash; || 1.6 || .8 || .4 || .2 || .6 || 3.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[1999 WNBA Playoffs|1999]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| '''6''' || 0 || 26.0 || .448 || .222 || .625 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .2 || '''.3''' || 6.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2000 WNBA Playoffs|2000]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 33.5 || .447 || .286 || .857 || 4.5 || 2.0 || 1.7 || .0 || 2.7 || 8.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2001 WNBA Playoffs|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 35.5 || .382 || .125 || '''1.000''' || 5.5 || '''2.5''' || 1.0 || .0 || 2.5 || '''14.5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2002 WNBA Playoffs|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || '''39.7''' || .429 || .286 || .875 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 1.7 || '''.3''' || 1.7 || 13.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2003 WNBA Playoffs|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || 35.7 || .387 || .200 || .923 || 4.7 || 1.0 || '''2.7''' || .0 || 2.3 || 12.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA Playoffs|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
| 5 || 5 || 27.6 || '''.485''' || .000 || '''1.000''' || 2.0 || 1.2 || 1.2 || .0 || .4 || 8.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 8 years, 1 team
| 32 || 21 || 29.8 || .421 || .214 || .850 || 3.6 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .1 || 1.3 || 8.6
{{s-end}}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004125139/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/janeth_arcain/index.html WNBA player profile] (archived)
* [http://www.wnba.com/voices/arcain_voices_050729.html WNBA interview "Nothing Beats An Original"]
* [https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Janeth-Arcain Janeth Arcain] at the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]]
* {{FIBA|new_id=201456|name=Janeth Dos Santos Arcain|old_id=6649}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}

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