Sharon Louise Finnan-White ( Finnan, born 7 September 1967) is a former Australian

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player and a two-time winner of the INF Netball World Cup with the

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. Finnan was born in the inner-Sydney suburb of

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. She played for the New South Wales Under-21 team and was invited to attend the Australian Institute of Sport program in 1988. She was first selected to play for the national team in the 1990 Commonwealth Games and retired from netball in 2000. , Finnan-White lives in

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. In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours list, she was awarded the Medal of the

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. In 2000, she was awarded the

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for services to netball development.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finnan, Sharon Living people Netball players from Sydney Queensland Firebirds players Indigenous Australian netball players Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australia international netball players Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Sydney Sandpipers players Australian Institute of Sport netball players Esso/Mobil Superleague players 1967 births 1991 World Netball Championships players 1999 World Netball Championships players