Joanne (Jo) Metcalfe (''née'' Moyle) (born 13 April 1969) is a former Australian women's

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player.FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women
Player Profile: Joanne Metcalfe
Retrieved 2012-11-07.

Biography

Joanne (Jo) played for the

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during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship held in

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. Jo was selected to play for Australia at the 1992 Olympics held in

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, but the Opals failed to qualify for the tournament.Piazza, Brianna (1 September 2011)
''Say hello to smokin’ Jo''
Our World Today. Retrieved 2012-11-12. She won a

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for Australia at the 1989 Junior World Championships in

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where she played alongside future great, Shelley Gorman. That squad was the first Australian basketball team – junior or senior – to win a medal at world championships or Olympic games, though she just missed them. In the domestic

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(WNBL), Jo played 272 games for the

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(1985 to 1987), West Adelaide (1988 & 1989), Melbourne Tigers (1990-1995 & 1998-00) and the Bulleen Boomers (1996 to 1998). In season 1991, Jo won the WNBL

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and was also named to the WNBL All Star Five. That year, she also led the WNBL in points scored with 479 at an average of 21.8 per game. In 1999, Jo had a major

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, which effectively ended her playing career. In 1998/99, Jo was awarded Life Membership of the WNBL. During the 25th year celebration of the WNBL, she was named in the top 25 Australian players for that time. Jo is close friends with Opals player

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and in 2006 her daughter's formed part of Harrower's bridal party.Howell, Stephen (27 September 2006)
Gold'', but ref didn't play ball''
The Age. Retrieved 2012-11-12. Jo lives in

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with her husband and two daughters, where she is the coach of the local domestic basketball team (Warrandyte Redbacks). Jo recently commenced coaching with the Melbourne Tigers girls basketball program, where one of her daughters now plays representative basketball.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalfe, Joanne 1969 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Basketball players from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Melbourne Boomers players

Biography

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