Jenny Whittle

Jenny Whittle
Personal information
Born (1973-09-05) 5 September 1973 (age 51)
Gold Coast, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
WNBA draft1999: 4th round, 37th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
PositionCentre
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
World Cups
Gold medal – first place 2006 Brazil Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2002 China Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Germany Team Competition
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Seoul Team Competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Team Competition

Jennifer Hazel (Jenny) Whittle (born 5 September 1973) is a retired Australian women's basketball player. Whittle was a regular member of the national team for over a decade, from 1994 until 2006. Playing Centre, Whittle was a key contributor to the Opals' success at international events during the 1990s and 2000s, with strong rebounding and defence a feature of her game.[1] Following an outstanding national and WNBL career, Whittle was elected to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Olympic Committee. Athlete Biography: Jennifer Whittle. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ Lulham, Amanda (23 October 2016). Liesl Tesch, Jenny Whittle, Jeanie Kupsch inducted into basketball Hall of Fame. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

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