Anne Sargeant

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Anne Sargeant, OAM (born 28 December 1957) is a retired Australian netball player and current sports commentator. Sargeant played in the Australian national team from 1978 to 1988, captaining the side for six years.

After her retirement from competitive netball, Sargeant has had a successful career as a columnist, motivational speaker and sports commentator, and also runs a netball program for young players. Sargeant's representations have included the Australian Sports Commission, the NSW Australia Day Council, Children's Week, Board Member of McDonald's, School Sport 2000 Committee and Patron of the 1994 Year of the Coach. {{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

In 2008 she was a commentator for Fox Sports - ANZ Championship coverage. Sargeant also has been a commentator at various Netball World Cup tournaments and returned to commentate the 2013 and 2014 ANZ Championship seasons. Sargeant is also current selector for the Australian National team.

Recognition

1987 – Athlete member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame{{cite web|title=Anne Sargeant|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/anne-sargeant/|website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=25 September 2020}}
1988 – NSW Hall of Champions.
1988 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to netball.{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886949|title=Anne Elizabeth Sargeant|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103013731/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886949 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-03}}
2000 – Australian Sports medal.{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/972248|title=Anne Elizabeth Sargeant OAM|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103013735/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/972248 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-03}}
2004 – Sydney's Greatest Ever Netballer.
2008 – One of the first inductees into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame{{cite news |author=AAP |title=Gerrard wins top Aussie netball gong |publisher=stuff.co.nz |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/740978 |date=2008-11-30 |accessdate=2009-03-28}}
2015 – Legend member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame{{cite news|last1=Lane|first1=Samantha|title=Netball stalwart Anne Sargeant joins Sport Australia Hall of Fame|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/netball/netball-stalwart-anne-sargeant-joins-sport-australia-hall-of-fame-20151021-gketk9.html|accessdate=21 October 2015|work=The Age|date=21 October 2015}}