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Kimberlee Green
OAM

Personal information
Born	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
School	St Patrick's College, Sutherland
Spouse	Trent Copeland
Children	Lennon Green Copeland
Relatives	Denise Langford (Mother) Fred Green (Great-grandfather)
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WA, WD
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
2002–07	Sydney Swifts and	55
	AIS Canberra Darters
2008–16	New South Wales Swifts	43
2017–19	Giants Netball
Years	National team(s)	Caps
2008–15	Australia	74
Medal record Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Netball 2010 Delhi Netball World Netball Series 2009 Manchester Fastnet World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Netball 2015 Australia Netball
Last updated: 25 June 2010

Kimberlee Green OAM (born 5 March 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian international netball player. Green was the captain of the Giants Netball team in the Suncorp Super Netball league and represented the Australian national netball team on 74 occasions.

Biography

Green is the daughter of South Sydney Rabbitohs footballer Michael Green and Olympic & Commonwealth Games swimmer Denise Langford; her great-grandfather is former New South Wales politician Fred Green. She is married to New South Wales Blues cricketer Trent Copeland.

Green played six years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters. With the start of the ANZ Championship, Green signed with Sydney franchise the New South Wales Swifts, which won the inaugural championship in 2008. Later that year, she was selected for the Australian Netball Diamonds team. During her international career, Green has won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Netball Series in Manchester, and a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

In 2011, for the first time for Australia, Green played at the Wing Defence (WD) position in the first of three tests against Jamaica. In 2014 Green was named in the Australian Netball Team to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games who went on to win gold. Green went on to captain NSW Swifts in the 2014 season. After the 2015 Netball World Cup, which Green was part of as a gold-medallist with Australia, she announced her retirement from international netball.

In 2017, she was appointed inaugural captain of the Giants Netball team. She suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Giants' round five win over the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Canberra. She returned to captain the Giants to a preliminary final in the 2018 season. On 22 August 2019, Green announced her retirement from professional netball.

In 2021 Green was appointed to the role of Opens Head Coach for the North Shore United in the NSW Premier League, following the departure of former coach Bec Bulley.

Awards and recognition

• 2022 Australia Day Honours, Medal of the Order of Australia
• 2014 ANZ Championship joint-MVP
• 2014 FOXTEL ANZ Championship All-Star Team (WA)
• 2013–2014 QBE NSW Swifts Most Valued Player
• 2011–2014 NSW Swifts' Members' Player of the Year
• 2010 NSW Swifts' Players' Player

Netball career facts

• 2015 World Championship gold medal
• 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Captain (England Series)
• 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Commonwealth Games Netball Gold Medal
• 2014 Australian Netball Diamonds Vice-Captain
• 2014 NSW Swifts Captain
• 2013 Australian Netball Diamonds Vice-Captain in two-test Malawi Queens series
• 2012–2013 NSW Swifts co-Captain
• 2011 World Championship gold medal (extra-time)
• 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist (double extra-time)
• 2008 ANZ Championship victory with the NSW Swifts (inaugural season)
• 2006–2007 CBT Champions

Personal life

Green married NSW cricketer Trent Copeland in August 2012. In June 2020, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child, due in December 2020. Green and Copeland welcomed their son, Lennon Green Copeland, on 30 November 2020. The couple have since welcomed a daughter, named James Green Copeland, to their family in April 2022. Since January 2023 she has been Head of Netball at Ascham School.

References

1. "Kim Green profile". Giants Netball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019.
2. ^ "Kimberlee Green". netball.com.au. Netball Australia. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
3. "Green appointed inaugural captain". Giants Netball. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
4. ^ Forrest, Brad (12 August 2008). "Glamour girls of netball". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
5. Lane, Daniel (10 October 2010). "A match made in ... sand dune hell". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
6. "2010 New South Wales Swifts profile: Kimberlee Green". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
7. "Netball World Cup 2015: Kim Green announces retirement from international netball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 2015.
8. Bain, Victoria (21 March 2017). "Green to miss remainder of season". GIANTS Netball. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
9. "Giants captain gets the green light to return from serious knee injury". Fairfax Media. 20 April 2018.
10. "Green Calls Time". GIANTS Netball. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
11. "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

External links

• Giants Netball Profile
• Netball Australia Profile
• Netball Draft Central profile

• New South Wales Swifts players
• Giants Netball players
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
• Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Netball players from Sydney
• People from the Sutherland Shire
• 1986 births
• Living people
• Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
• AIS Canberra Darters players
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
• Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games medallists in netball
• Australia international netball players
• Suncorp Super Netball players
• Sydney Swifts players
• Australia international Fast5 players
• New South Wales Institute of Sport netball players
• 2011 World Netball Championships players
• 2015 Netball World Cup players
• Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games