Chelsea Brook
{{short description|Australian basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chelsea Brook
| image =
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| position = Power forward / Centre
| height_cm = 189
| weight_kg = 80
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|07|29}}
| birth_place = Truro, South Australia, Australia
| high_school =
| career_start = 2016
| career_end =
| years1 = 2016–2017
| team1 = Norwood Flames
| years2 = 2016–2023
| team2 = Adelaide Lightning
| years3 = 2018
| team3 = Sturt Sabres
| years4 = 2019
| team4 = Eltham Wildcats
| years5 = 2021
| team5 = Mackay Meteorettes
| years6 = 2022–2023
| team6 = Darwin Salties
| highlights =
- Premier League champion (2016)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalSport | Basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Taiwan|Team}}
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Chelsea Abbey Brook (born 29 July 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Early life
Career
=WNBL=
Brook made her debut in the WNBL with the Adelaide Lightning in the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/adelaide-36ers/mac-adelaide-lightning-sign-four-more-locals-and-a-kiwi-international-as-momentum-builds-for-2016-17-wnbl-season-ng-2ac11ff77ac32cfc4a9cfcc759a62fca|title=MAC Adelaide Lightning sign four more locals and a Kiwi international as momentum builds for 2016-17 WNBL season|work=The Advertiser|date=13 September 2016|access-date=13 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220113150959/https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/adelaide-36ers/mac-adelaide-lightning-sign-four-more-locals-and-a-kiwi-international-as-momentum-builds-for-2016-17-wnbl-season-ng-2ac11ff77ac32cfc4a9cfcc759a62fca|archive-date=13 January 2022}} She re-signed with the Lightning for the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/lightning-signs-sa-tyro-chelsea-brook-for-201718-wnbl-campaign/news-story/c4cb733a911f057ad388a0f1ccdbabe1|title=Lightning signs SA tyro Chelsea Brook for 2017-18 WNBL campaign|work=The Advertiser|date=9 April 2017|access-date=27 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220113151525/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/lightning-signs-sa-tyro-chelsea-brook-for-201718-wnbl-campaign/news-story/c4cb733a911f057ad388a0f1ccdbabe1|archive-date=13 January 2022}} She continued with the Lightning in 2018–19, 2019–20, the 2020 Hub season, and again in 2021–22{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/lightning-strike-chelsea-brook/|title=LIGHTNING STRIKE: CHELSEA BROOK|work=wnbl.basketball/adelaide|date=2 December 2021|access-date=13 January 2022}} and 2022–23.
=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.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.australiabasket.com/player/Chelsea-Brook/Australia/Adelaide-Lightning/393164?Women=1|title=Chelsea Brook|work=australiabasket.com|access-date=13 January 2022}} In 2021, she played for the Mackay Meteorettes in the NBL1 North.{{cite web|url=https://www.mackaybasketball.com/news/mcdonalds-mackay-meteorettes-add-adelaide-lightning-standout-chelsea-brook|title=McDonald's Mackay Meteorettes Add Adelaide Lightning Standout Chelsea Brook|work=mackaybasketball.com|date=17 March 2021|access-date=13 January 2022}}
Brook played for the Darwin Salties of the NBL1 North{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/darwinsalties/posts/112426051316107|title=PLAYER SIGNING|work=facebook.com/darwinsalties|date=7 January 2022|access-date=13 January 2022}} in 2022 and 2023.
=National team=
In 2017, Brook played for the Australian National University Team at the World University Games in Taipei, where Australia won gold.
References
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External links
- [https://nbl1.com.au/player/e398db30-7b55-11eb-9e56-8205bb8987e9/d0211256-b305-11eb-9723-226cd10403de/chelsea-brook NBL1 profile]
- [https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/zb/engzb_basketball-athlete-profile-n169518-brook-chelsea-abbey.htm 2017 Universiade profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brook, Chelsea}}
Category:Adelaide Lightning players
Category:Australian women's basketball players
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Basketball players from Adelaide
Category:Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball