Robyn Maher (born 6 October 1959) is a retired female

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player from Australia, who played for the

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. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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, Georgia. Maher was appointed a

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(AM) in the 2002 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her "service to basketball as a player and administrator, and for the promotion of the sport among young people". In 2006, Maher was inducted into the

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. In October 2018, she was inducted into the

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Personal life

Maher is married to former

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coach

Tom Maher Tom Maher (born 4 September 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian basketball coach, who is the most successful coach in Women's National Basketball League history, having won nine WNBL titles. He coached Nunawading Spectres to six ti ...

. Her brother is a former Victorian Football League player Stewart Gull. Their father, Jim Gull, also played league football.

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1959 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Ballarat Olympic medalists in basketball Sydney Uni Flames players Members of the Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub

Personal life

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