Kathleen MacLeod

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Kathleen MacLeod
No. 44–Dandenong Rangers
PositionGuard
League WNBL
Personal information
Born23 October 1986 (1986-10-23) (age 37)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Listed height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Career information
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003–2005 Australian Institute of Sport
2005–2007 Dandenong Rangers
2007–2008 Bendigo Spirit
2010-present Dandenong Rangers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team

Kathleen MacLeod (born 23 October 1986) [2] [3] is an Australian basketball player who was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4]

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Personal

MacLeod is from Melbourne. [3] She has four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. [3] She is 168 centimetres (66 in) tall. [2] [3]

Basketball

MacLeod is a guard. [2] As a competitor at the 2005 Australian Under-20 national championships, she won the Bob Staunton Award. [5] She played junior basketball for the Victorian-based Nunawading Spectres. [3] She played basketball in Hungary in 2008/2009 and France in 2009/2010. [3]

WNBL

MacLeod had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport in 2003 and 2004, [6] [7] and was a member of their team during the 2003/2004 and in 2004/2005 seasons. [3] MacLeod joined and played the Dandenong Rangers during the 2005/2006 season, [3] and continued to play for them in 2006/2007. [3] [8] She missed the first third of the season because she was injured. [8] In the team's 66-61 preliminary loss to the Adelaide Lightning, she scored only 11 points as the only other player on the team to score in the double digits. [9] For the 2007/2008 season, MacLeod was a member of the Bendigo Spirit. [3] In a January 2008 game against Townsville, she scored 28 points in an 83–78 loss for Bendigo. [10] MacLeod played for the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers in 2010/2011, where she was the team's leader alongside Abby Bishop. [3] [11] In a February 2011 game victory for the Dandenong Rangers over Townsville Fire with a score of 70–54, she scored 14 points. [12] She continued to play for Dandenong in 2011/2012, [3] helping guide her team to the WNBL's championship. [2] [13] She was named to the WNBL's All-Star Five. [14] She played guard for the Rangers. [3]

National team

MacLeod was a member of the 2005 Opals. [15] [16] In March 2007, she was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics. [17] In late March, early April 2008, she participated in a week-long training camp with the national team in Canberra. [18] She played in a three-game test series Taiwan in May 2008. [19] [20] She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team. [14] She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. [13]

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