Vicki Wilson, OAM, (born 11 February 1965 in

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) is an Australian

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coach and retired international player. She is the current head coach of the Netball Fiji side.

Netball career

Wilson was a part of the

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for fifteen years, making her debut in 1985. Wilson became captain of the Australian netball team in 1996, while on the comeback trail from a knee injury sustained at the 1995 Netball World Championships. In 1998 she captained Australia to the first ever netball gold medal at the

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and in 1999 she retired on a winning note, after leading Australia to a one-point win in the

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Retrieved on 2009-03-30.
Retrieved on 2009-03-30. Wilson was called up to coach the

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in 2006, after consistent lacklustre performances in the

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. She continued with the franchise in the

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, but was stood down from the position by Netball Queensland after the 2009 season. In May 2013, Wilson was named as the new assistant coach for the New Zealand Silver Ferns until the end of 2015. In June 2016, she signed to coach the

Fiji national netball team The Fiji National Netball Team better known at the Fijian Pearls represents Fiji in international netball competition. Fiji have competed at nine World Netball Championships, finishing sixth in their best placing at the 1999 tournament. They hav ...

side for three years.

Awards

Wilson received the

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medal in 1992. In 2001, she was inducted into the

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'Best of the Best'. She was inducted into the

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in 2004, and the Australian Netball Hall of Fame in November 2008.

References

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