Sophie Garbin (born 6 April 1997) is an Australian netball player. She was a member of the

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teams that won the

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and 2021 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 2017 she was also a member of the

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team that won the

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title. She was also a member of the

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team that won the bronze medal at the

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. Garbin's older sister,

Darcee Garbin Darcee Garbin (born 24 June 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Goldfields Giants of the NBL1 West. Early life and family Garbin is originally from Western Australia. Born in Kalgoorlie, she was raised in Kambalda bef ...

, is an Australia women's basketball international.

Early life, family and education

Garbin is originally from

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. Born in

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...

, she was raised in

Kambalda Kambalda is a small mining town about from the mining city of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, within the Goldfields. It is split into two townsites apart, Kambalda East and Kambalda West; and is located on the western edge of a giant salt ...

before moving to

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

with her family when she was 13. In her youth she played both

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and

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as well as

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. Between 2010 and 2014 Garbin attended

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. As of 2020 she is studying part time at

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

. Garbin's older sister,

, is an Australia women's basketball international.

Playing career

Coastal Sharks

Garbin played for

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in the

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Western Sting

Between 2015 and 2017 Garbin played for

in the

. In 2017 she was a member of the Western Sting team that won the ANL title and was named MVP in the grand final. During the 2017 season, Garbin also set a new ANL goal scoring record. By round six of the competition she had surpassed the previous ANL record of 468 goals. By the end of the season she had scored 607 goals. She was subsequently named the 2017 ANL MVP.

New South Wales Swifts

In 2017 Garbin signed for

. On 29 April 2018 she made her

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for Swifts in a 2018 Round 1 match against

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 ...

. Garbin scored 18 goals from 19 attempts, including a late winner which helped Swifts clinch a 54–53 win. Garbin was a member of the Swifts team that won the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title. In the grand final she scored six goals from seven attempts as Swifts defeated

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64–47. In August 2019 Garbin renewed her Swifts contract ahead of the

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. Garbin was named the

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in both 2019 and 2020.

Collingwood Magpies Netball

In September 2021, it was announced that Garbin would depart

for

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Australia

Between 2014 and 2017 Garbin represented

at under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. In October 2018 she was a member of the Australia team that won the bronze medal at the

. In September 2019 Garbin was included the 2019 Australian Development squad. On 3 March 2021, she made her senior debut for Australia against

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during the

2021 Constellation Cup The 2021 Constellation Cup, also known as the Cadbury Netball Series, was the 11th Constellation Cup series between New Zealand and Australia. The series featured four netball test matches, played in March 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Honours

;

**''Winners'':

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;

**''Winners'': 2017 ;Individual * Australian Netball League MVP ** 2017 *

**''Winner'': 2019, 2020

References

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