Kim Jenner (born 27 February 1998) is an Australian

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player in the

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league, playing for the

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in the C ...

, for which she also serves as the club's

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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

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, playing goal defence alongside prominent goal keeper

Laura Geitz Laura Geitz (born 4 November 1987) is a former Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...

. She established herself as integral player at the Firebirds that season, earning a call up to join the

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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

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, which was played in New Zealand earlier this year. Jenner grew up in Townsville and off the court continues to study a Bachelor of Health, Sport & Physical Education degree at The University of Queensland, as well as coaching young netballers.

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Queensland Firebirds profile

Suncorp Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
1998 births Australian netball players Queensland Firebirds players Living people Suncorp Super Netball players Netball players from Queensland Queensland state netball league players {{Australia-netball-bio-stub