Chelsea Brook

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Chelsea Brook
Personal information
Born (1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 25)
Truro, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
Playing career2016–present
Position Power forward / Centre
Career history
2016–2017Norwood Flames
2016–2023 Adelaide Lightning
2018Sturt Sabres
2019Eltham Wildcats
2021Mackay Meteorettes
2022–2023 Darwin Salties
Career highlights and awards
Medals
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Basketball
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Taiwan Team

Chelsea Abbey Brook (born 29 July 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.

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Early life

Brook hails from country South Australia in Truro. [1]

Career

WNBL

Brook made her debut in the WNBL with the Adelaide Lightning in the 2016–17 season. [2] She re-signed with the Lightning for the 2017–18 season. [3] She continued with the Lightning in 2018–19, 2019–20, the 2020 Hub season, and again in 2021–22 [4] and 2022–23. [5]

State Leagues

In 2016 and 2017, Brook played for the Norwood Flames in the South Australian Premier League, winning a championship in her first season. In 2018, she continued in the Premier League for the Sturt Sabes. In 2019, she played in the inaugural NBL1 season with the Eltham Wildcats. [5] In 2021, she played for the Mackay Meteorettes in the NBL1 North. [6]

Brook played for the Darwin Salties of the NBL1 North [7] in 2022 and 2023. [5]

National team

In 2017, Brook played for the Australian National University Team at the World University Games in Taipei, where Australia won gold. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Prentice, Tristan (16 September 2020). "TIME TO STRIKE: CHELSEA BROOK". wnbl.basketball/adelaide. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Nagy, Boti (13 September 2016). "MAC Adelaide Lightning sign four more locals and a Kiwi international as momentum builds for 2016-17 WNBL season". The Advertiser . Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Nagy, Boti (9 April 2017). "Lightning signs SA tyro Chelsea Brook for 2017-18 WNBL campaign". The Advertiser . Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "LIGHTNING STRIKE: CHELSEA BROOK". wnbl.basketball/adelaide. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Chelsea Brook". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "McDonald's Mackay Meteorettes Add Adelaide Lightning Standout Chelsea Brook". mackaybasketball.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "PLAYER SIGNING". facebook.com/darwinsalties. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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