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Molly May Rhone OJ, CD, OD (born November 1944) is a Jamaican sports administrator and former
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player. She served as president of the
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(INF) from 2003 to 2019.


Early life and education

Rhone was born in November 1944 in
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to parents Violet and Adolfus Dacosta. She attended Knox College, a high school in Spalding, Clarendon, where she started playing netball, and was also active in the school's athletics team. Rhone studied information technology (IT) at the
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in Toronto (Canada), graduating with a diploma in 1969. On her return to Jamaica, she worked as IT director for the national airline
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.


Netball career

Rhone played international games as a member of Jamaican Under-21, Under-23 and senior national netball teams, including the
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in
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, where she was the vice-captain of the Jamaican team. She was elected vice-president of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) in 1991, and was elevated to the office of president in 1993. From 1999 Rhone served concurrently as vice-president of the
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, then called the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). In 2003 she was elected president of the
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in the same year Jamaica hosted the
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, succeeding Sheryl Dawson of
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. To date, she has been the first and only Jamaican woman to head an international sporting body. On July 21, 2019, Rhone stepped down as president of the INF and was succeeded by Liz Nicholl of
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. She was also a member of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) and the
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.


Honours and awards

Rhone received her first national honour in 1999 when she was awarded the
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, Officer Class. In 2007, she was the recipient of the
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, Commander Class, for her contribution to local and international sports, in particular Netball. In 2011, she received her third national award, the
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, for services locally and internationally in Sports Administration, in particular, Netball


Personal life

Rhone was married to the late Jamaican golfer Izette Rhone. She has two sons.


See also

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International Netball Federation World Netball, previously known as the International Netball Federation and the International Federation of Netball Associations, is the worldwide governing body for Netball. The INF was created in 1960 and is responsible for world rankings, main ...


References

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