Kristen Heinrich (previously used the surname Hughes; born 28 August 1979) is an Australian

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player, who played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship in 2008. Kristen received her first call up to the

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in June 2004, after Australian shooter

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was injured a week before the team was due to fly to New Zealand for a Test Series against the Silver Ferns. An Australian Netball Diamond player with 5 international test caps. After Heinrich was selected in the Australian 21U Squad in 1999 while playing with the

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, her sporting career stagnated as the Ravens were wooden spooners. Star coach of the Adelaide Thunderbirds, Marg Angove, saw her potential and recruited her. Her strengths include accurate shooting, energy, movement, and tricky use of "the roll" to avoid defenders and open the shooting circle for effective threading of the ball.

References

2008 Adelaide Thunderbirds profile
Retrieved on 2009-03-20. {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich, Kristen 1979 births Living people Adelaide Thunderbirds players ANZ Championship players Australia international netball players Adelaide Ravens players Contax Netball Club players South Australia state netball league players Place of birth missing (living people)