Anne Sargeant, OAM (born 28 December 1957) is a retired Australian

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player and current sports commentator. Sargeant played in the Australian national team from 1978 to 1988, captaining the side for six years. After her retirement from competitive netball, Sargeant has had a successful career as a columnist, motivational speaker and sports commentator, and also runs a netball program for young players. Sargeant's representations have included the Australian Sports Commission, the NSW Australia Day Council, Children's Week, Board Member of McDonald's, School Sport 2000 Committee and Patron of the 1994 Year of the Coach. In 2008 she was a commentator for

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coverage. Sargeant also has been a commentator at various

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tournaments and returned to commentate the 2013 and 2014 ANZ Championship seasons. Sargeant is also current selector for the Australian National team.

Recognition

*1987 – Athlete member of the

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*1988 – NSW Hall of Champions. *

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for service to netball. *2000 – Australian Sports medal. *2004 – Sydney's Greatest Ever Netballer. *2008 – One of the first inductees into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame *2015 – Legend member of the

References

External links

Anne Sargeant website
* 1957 births Living people Australian motivational speakers Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Australia international netball players Netball players at the 1985 World Games Netball players from New South Wales Australian netball players Australian netball coaches Esso/Mobil Superleague coaches Australian netball commentators 1979 World Netball Championships players 1983 World Netball Championships players 1987 World Netball Championships players 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-netball-bio-stub