Kerry Dienelt (born 25 February 1969, in

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) is a former

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catcher from

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, who won a bronze medal at the

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and

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. In addition to playing for the Australian national team, she also played for UCLA from 1988 to 1991. She was a member of the NCAA championship squad in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and made the All-tournament team all four years. In 2004, Dienelt was inducted into the

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1969 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport softball players Australian softball players UCLA Bruins softball players Olympic softball players for Australia Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Darwin, Northern Territory Olympic medalists in softball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Australia-softball-bio-stub