Vicki Wilson, , (born 11 February 1965 in
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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) is an Australian
netball
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coach and retired international player. She is the current head coach of the
Netball Fiji side.
Vicki Wilson is also an executive with the
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...
.
Netball career
Wilson was a part of the
Australian national netball team for fifteen years, making her debut in 1985. Wilson became captain of the Australian netball team in 1996, while on the comeback trail from a knee injury sustained at the
1995 Netball World Championships
The 1995 World Netball Championships was the ninth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Birmingham, England and featured a record 27 teams. South Africa returned to competitio ...
. In 1998 she
captained Australia to the first ever netball gold medal at the
Commonwealth Games
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and in 1999 she retired on a winning note, after leading Australia to a one-point win in the
World Championship
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final.
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Wilson was called up to coach the
Queensland Firebirds
Queensland Firebirds are an Australian professional 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 pl ...
in 2006, after consistent lacklustre performances in the
Commonwealth Bank Trophy
The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...
. She continued with the franchise in the
ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...
, but was stood down from the position by Netball Queensland after the 2009 season.
In May 2013, Wilson was named as the new assistant coach for the New Zealand Silver Ferns until the end of 2015.
In June 2016, she signed to coach the
Fiji national netball team
The Fiji National Netball Team better known at the Fiji Pearls represents Fiji in international netball competition. Fiji have competed at nine World Netball Championships, finishing sixth in their best placing at the 1999 tournament. They have ...
side for three years.
Awards
Wilson received the
Order of Australia
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medal in 1992.
[ In 2001, she was inducted into the ]Australian Institute of Sport
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'Best of the Best'. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
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in 2004,[ and the ]Australian Netball Hall of Fame
The Australian Netball Hall of Fame was established by Netball Australia in 2008. The inaugural inductees included Margaret Caldow, Anne Sargeant, Vicki Wilson and Joyce Brown.
Athlete members
The following Australian netball internationa ...
in November 2008.
References
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1965 births
Living people
Australian netball coaches
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Netball players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Australian Institute of Sport netball players
Queensland University of Technology alumni
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in netball
Australia international netball players
Netball players at the 1989 World Games
Netball players at the 1993 World Games
Netball players at the 1985 World Games
Netball players from Queensland
Queensland Firebirds players
Commonwealth Bank Trophy players
Commonwealth Bank Trophy coaches
Queensland Firebirds coaches
ANZ Championship coaches
Contax Netball Club players
Esso/Mobil Superleague players
1987 World Netball Championships players
1991 World Netball Championships players
1995 World Netball Championships players
1999 World Netball Championships players
Australian expatriate netball people in New Zealand
Central Pulse coaches
Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
World Games silver medalists for Australia
World Games medalists in netball
Medalists at the 1993 World Games
Medalists at the 1989 World Games
20th-century Australian sportswomen