[1] Coghlan was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team (Gliders) at four Paralympics: the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, and 2004 Athens games.

After an attempt to try and rebuild most of her leg through plastic surgery, Coghlan eventually made the decision to amputate below her knee.

[4] At the time she started playing wheelchair basketball, no women's team existed in Victoria.

Coghlan had begun playing with the men, with players such as Kevin Coombs and Sandy Blythe.

Coghlan approached Wheelchair Sports Victoria to create a team for the Women's National League.

[4] One particular sporting highlight for Coghlan was wearing the green and gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games because it was the first time Australia would be represented in women's wheelchair basketball.

In 1995, the coach for the Gliders, Peter Corr, asked her to come back and play in the 1996 Games in Atlanta.