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Rachael Pamela Sporn OAM (born 26 May 1968, in Murrayville) is an Australian former basketball player and three time Olympian. Sporn was Development Executive for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation but has since left the organisation.[1]

Rachael Sporn

Personal information
Born	(1968-05-26) 26 May 1968 (age 54) Murrayville, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft	1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14th overall
Selected by the Detroit Shock
Position	Forward
Number	14
Career history
1993–2004	Adelaide Lightning
1998–1999, 2001	Detroit Shock
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBL MVP (1996, 1997) 8× WNBL All-Star Five (1992–1997, 1999, 2002) WNBL Top Shooter Award (1997) 5× WNBL champion (1990, 1994–1996, 1998) 2× WNBL Grand Final MVP (1994, 1995) No. 14 retired by the Adelaide Lightning
Medals Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens National team 2000 Sydney National team 1996 Atlanta National team World Championships 1998 Germany Team Competition

Career

Born in Murrayville, Victoria,[2] Sporn played for Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League where she was twice league MVP and seven times selected in the WNBL All-Star Five. She heads the all-time points scoring and rebound list for the WNBL.[3] The Women's National Basketball Association club Detroit Shock recruited Sporn for the 1998 season.[3] Sporn played 304 games for the national basketball team, the Opals, including three Olympic Games—two silver medals (2000 and 2004) and a bronze (1996)—and three World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998).[4][2]

Sporn is a member of the Australian Sports Hall of Fame and the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.[3][4] She was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and the Centenary Medal in 2001.[5][6] Rachael Sporn is currently the only Adelaide Lightning player to have her number retired by the team, having begun her stellar career when the club commenced in the 1993 season.[7] Her #14 singlet hangs on the western wall of the Adelaide Arena alongside the Lightning's 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2008 WNBL championship banners.

Personal

In 2015, Sporn was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[8] Sporn is married to Maurie Ranger with whom she has two children.[9][10] She has remained active in promoting the Adelaide Lightning, and in 2015 campaigned to secure vital funding for the team.[11] In May 2015, the club secured a one-year agreement with the Motor Accident Commission as key sponsor.[12]

Her older brother Kieran Sporn (born 28 August 1966) was also a top level athlete who played Australian rules football.[13]

See also

• List of Australian WNBA players
• WNBL All-Star Five
• WNBL Top Shooter Award

References

На других языках

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- [en] Rachael Sporn

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[it] Rachael Sporn

Rachael Pamela Sporn (Murrayville, 26 maggio 1968) è un'ex cestista australiana, professionista nella WNBA.

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[ru] Спорн, Рэйчел

Рэйчел Памела Спорн (англ. Rachael Pamela Sporn; род. 26 мая 1968 года в Мюррейвилле, Виктория, Австралия) ― австралийская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступала в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации. Была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 1998 года во втором раунде под четырнадцатым номером командой «Детройт Шок». Играла на позиции лёгкого форварда. Трёхкратный призёр летних Олимпийских игр. Член Австралийского зала славы баскетбола с 2007 года. В настоящее время является директором по развитию Австралийского фонда исследований меланомы[1].

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