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| Birth name | Charmian Purcell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45) Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
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Charmian Mellars (née Purcell; born 7 January 1979 in Papakura, Auckland) is a New Zealand female professional basketball player. She was a member of New Zealand women's national basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She scored six points and grabbed two rebounds in the game they played against China, which they were defeated 80-63.
She played as a shooting guard for the Christchurch Sirens in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). In 2001 Mellars was named New Zealand's Most Valuable Player in the under 23-year-old category.
Mellars is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the older sister of fellow New Zealand female professional basketball player and Latter-day Saint Natalie Taylor.
References
- Mormon Times article, 13 August 2008
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charmian Purcell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- New Zealand Latter Day Saints
- New Zealand women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for New Zealand
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- People from Papakura
- Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
- Shooting guards
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games