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The following is a chronological list of Australian players who have played at least one game in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The list includes both past and present players. The list includes both past and present players.
Pages in category "Australian women's basketball players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 261 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first official Women's World Cup, known as the Women's World Championship through its 2014 edition, was held in Chile in 1953. [8] The tournament was expanded to 16 countries (teams) in 1990. Since 2017, Australia qualifies for the World Cup through competing in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup , held each four years in the year preceding the ...
Women have been active in playing wheelchair basketball in Australia for several years. They first appeared on the Paralympic seen at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, despite women's wheelchair basketball being competed for at the Paralympics since 1968. [3] Notable players include Liesl Tesch and Donna Ritchie. [4] [5]
Cayla George (née Francis; born 1 May 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. [1]
A dual citizen of the United States and Australia, she is a member of Australian women's national basketball team (the Opals). [2] [3] In 2019 Mitchell became the first WNBA player to win the Most Improved Player Award twice. [4] Mitchell was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [5]
Eziyoda "Ezi" Magbegor (born 13 August 1999) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and USK Prague of the EuroLeague Women and the Czech Women's Basketball League. Magbegor was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Jazmin Pamela Shelley [1] (born 13 May 2000) is an Australian professional basketball player for Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. A point guard, she began her college basketball career at Oregon before transferring to Nebraska after her sophomore ...