Kim Jenner (born 27 February 1998) is an Australian
netball
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player in the
Suncorp Super Netball
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league, playing for the
Melbourne Mavericks
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, for which she also serves as the club's
Australian Netball Players’ Association
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delegate.
Jenner made her debut for the Firebirds in 2017 as a training partner, before being signed by the team permanently ahead of the
2018 season.
[ She won a spot in the starting seven for the first time that season in a match against the ]Giants
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, playing goal defence alongside prominent goal keeper Laura Geitz
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. She established herself as integral player at the Firebirds that season, earning a call up to join the Australian Diamonds
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as a training partner prior to the September Quad Series and winning a bronze medal with the Australian Fast5 team at the end-of-year World Series event.[ Jenner was recently selected in the Australian squad for the 2021 Constellation Cup,]Townsville
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and attended Pimlico State High. Off the court she has graduated from studying a Bachelor of Health, Sport & Physical Education degree at The University of Queensland
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, as well as coaching young netballers.
References
External links
Queensland Firebirds profile
Suncorp Super Netball profile
Netball Draft Central profile
1998 births
Australian netball players
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Queensland Firebirds players
Living people
Suncorp Super Netball players
Netball players from Queensland
Queensland state netball league players
Australia international Fast5 players
Sportspeople from Townsville
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