| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michelle den Dekker | ||
| Born | 23 March 1966 (1966-03-23) (age 59) | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playingposition(s): Defence | |||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |
| 1988-95 | Australia | 84 | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Team(s) | ||
| Specialist defence Assistant coach Australian Netball Diamonds | |||
Medal record | |||
| Last updated: 2015-06-24 | |||
Michelle den DekkerOAM, also known asMichelle Fielke, is an Australian netballer from South Australia. den Dekker represented Australia in 84 tests between 1988 and 1995, including a record 71 ascaptain. She received theMedal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the1992 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to sport.[1][2]
Life member of theGarville Netball Club from 1989 to 1995 and helping the club clinch five premierships in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995.[3][4] In the national league, den Dekker was captain-coach of the Queensland Firebirds in 1997-98 before returning home to the now defunctAdelaide Ravens.[5]
den Dekker made her Australian debut in 1985, and led Australian to two world championships as captain (1991 and 1995). Michelle played a total of 84 test matches for Australia between 1985 and 1995, including 71 as captain. As captain her team enjoyed a win loss ratio of 92% (65 wins, 6 losses).[6][7]
den Dekker was voted as Adelaide's greatest netballer to have fronted for the Adelaide Thunderbirds or Adelaide Ravens.[5] She was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame in 2009.[1]
den Dekker OAM was appointed Head Coach of Netball Australia’s new Centre of Excellence in Canberra in April 2014.[8][9]
den Dekker was the Diamonds Assistant coach for theAustralian Netball Diamonds until August 2015 (the2015 Netball World Cup). Currently still works as a consultant for Netball Australia as a Defence Specialist coach and manages her own Netball consultancy business working to develop our next generation of players and coaches in South Australia
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