Shelley Ann Gorman-Sandie (born 22 January 1969 in

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

) is a retired female

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player from

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, who played for the

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. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that claimed the bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, Georgia. She attended the

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in 1987. In 2010, Sandie was elected to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.Basketball Australia
''Hall of Fame: Shelley Gorman''
Retrieved 2016-01-30.

External links

Basketball Victoria Annual Report (p.29)Basketball Australia Hall of Fame

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1969 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Canberra Capitals players Olympic medalists in basketball Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Basketball players from Melbourne Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub

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