Jenny Reisener

Jenny Reisener
Personal information
Born (1967-08-04) 4 August 1967[1]
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Competitor for  Australia

Jenny Evans (née Reisener) (born 4 August 1967) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]

Biography

Reisener played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship held in Brazil.[2] During that period, Reisener played 48 games for the Opals.[3]

Reisener was an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Basketball scholarship holder from 1986 to 1987.[4] In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Reisener played 130 games for AIS (1985 to 1987), Perth (1988 & 1989), Sydney (1990) and Brisbane (1995 to 1998).[5][6]

In 2009, Reisener's daughter, Teyla Evans, gained selection in the Australian under-17 squad.[7] Reisener is a member of the Cairns Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Joanne Reisener's profile | 1990 World Championship for Women". FIBA Archive. 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Australia | 1990 World Championship for Women". FIBA Archive. 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "History - Cairns Basketball Association". SportingPulse. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Catching up with Jenny Evans et al.". Australian Institute of Sport. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Players with 100 or more career games" (PDF). Women's National Basketball League. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Player Directory" (PDF). Women's National Basketball League. October 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Greenwood, Emma (12 May 2009). "Dolphins special bond on court". cairns.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2013.


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