Kimberlee Green (born 5 March 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian international

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player. Green was the captain of the

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team in the

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league and represented the Australian national netball team on 74 occasions.

Biography

Green is the daughter of

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footballer Michael Green and Olympic & Commonwealth Games swimmer Denise Langford; her great-grandfather is former New South Wales politician Fred Green. She is married to New South Wales Blues cricketer Trent Copeland. Green played six years in the

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, for the

Sydney Swifts Sydney Swifts were an Australian netball team based in Sydney. Between 1997 and 2007, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Sydney Sandpipers and Hunter Jaegers, they were one of three t ...

and

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. With the start of the

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, Green signed with Sydney franchise the

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, which won the inaugural championship in 2008. Later that year, she was selected for the

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team. 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 The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

in Delhi, a gold medal at the

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in Singapore and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In 2011, for the first time for Australia, Green played at the Wing Defence (WD) position in the first of three tests against Jamaica. In 2014 Green was named in the Australian Netball Team to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games who went on to win gold. Green went on to captain

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in the 2014 season. After the

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, which Green was part of as a gold-medallist with Australia, she announced her retirement from international netball. In 2017, she was appointed inaugural captain of the

team. She suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Giants' round five win over the

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in Canberra. She returned to captain the Giants to a preliminary final in the 2018 season. On 22 August 2019, Green announced her retirement from professional netball. In 2021 Green was appointed to the role of Opens Head Coach for the North Shore United in the NSW Premier League, following the departure of former coach Bec Bulley.

Awards and recognition

* 2022 Australia Day Honours,

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* 2014

joint-MVP * 2014 FOXTEL

All-Star Team (WA) * 2013–2014 QBE

Most Valued Player * 2011–2014

' Members' Player of the Year * 2010

' Players' Player

Netball career facts

* 2015 World Championship gold medal * 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Captain (England Series) * 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Commonwealth Games Netball Gold Medal * 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Vice-Captain * 2014

Captain * 2013 Australian Netball Diamonds Vice-Captain in two-test Malawi Queens series * 2012–2013

co-Captain * 2011 World Championship gold medal (extra-time) * 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist (double extra-time) * 2008

victory with the

(inaugural season) * 2006–2007 CBT Champions

Personal life

Green married NSW cricketer Trent Copeland in August 2012. In June 2020, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child, due in December 2020. Green and Copeland welcomed their son, Lennon Green Copeland, on 30 November 2020.

References

External links

Giants Netball Profile

Netball Australia Profile

Netball Draft Central profile
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