Kimberlee Green

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Kimberlee Green
Personal information
Born (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986
Height176cm
RelativesDenise Langford (Mother)
Fred Green (Great-grandfather)
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WA, WD
Last updated: 25 June 2010

Kimberlee Green (born 5 March 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian international netball player. Green played six years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters.[1] With the start of the ANZ Championship, Green signed with Sydney franchise the New South Wales Swifts, which won the inaugural championship in 2008. Later that year, she was selected for the Australian Netball Diamonds team.[2] During her international career, Green has won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Netball Series in Manchester, and a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Kimberlee Green is the daughter of South Sydney Rabbitohs footballer Michael Green and Commonwealth Games swimmer Denise Langford;[2] her great-grandfather is former New South Wales politician Fred Green. She is also engaged to New South Wales Blues cricketer Trent Copeland.[3]

In 2011, for the first time for Australia, Green played at the Wing Defense (WD) position in the first of three tests against Jamaica.

Awards

  • 2010 Players' Player Award

References

  1. "2010 New South Wales Swifts profile: Kimberlee Green". Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Forrest, Brad (12 August 2008). "Glamour girls of netball". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
  3. Lane, Daniel (10 October 2010). "A match made in ... sand dune hell". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 

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