Rohanee Cox
Cox at a 2012 Opals training camp
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| No. 23 – Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | |||||||||
| League | WNBL | |||||||||
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| Born |
23 April 1980 Broome, Western Australia |
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
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| High school |
Willetton Senior (Perth, Western Australia) |
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| Playing career | 1996–2016 | |||||||||
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| 1996–1998 | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Perth Lynx | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Perth Lynx | |||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Townsville Fire | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | West Coast Waves | |||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Sydney Uni Flames | |||||||||
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Medals
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Rohanee Cox (born 23 April 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She has previously played for the Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx, Townsville Fire and West Coast Waves. She was one of the first Australian aboriginals to represent Australia in basketball at the Olympics and won a silver medal with the Opals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also previously played in the State Basketball League for the Willetton Tigers, and has spent time in the Queensland Basketball League with the Townsville Flames, Mackay Meteroettes and Cairns Dolphins.
Cox, nicknamed Roey, was born on 23 April 1980 in Broome, Western Australia. She is 183 centimetres (72 in) tall. The WNBL and Yahoo!Sport list her height as 182 centimetres (72 in). FIBA lists her height as 180 centimetres (71 in). She weighs 83 kilograms (183 lb). On her back, she has a tattoo that means "last chance". She got the tattoo in 2006.
Cox is an indigenous Australian. She is well known in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She has been named the NAIDOC Sportsperson of the Year. When she was 20 years old, she was living in remote Western Australian town of One Arm Point, single and pregnant. She has a daughter named Alyriah. As a parent, she tried to encourage her daughter to eat healthily, which was easy because her daughter was not a picky eater. She has also encouraged her daughter to play basketball, signing her up for a local league.
Cox was featured in the WNBL's 2009 league calendar.
Cox plays a guard-forward role. In 2011, she played in the Queensland Basketball League for Cairns. She was named the player of the week in Round Seven.
Cox left the game for a while, but returned to basketball a year after the birth of her daughter.> Her daughter inspired her to do as she wanted, so her daughter would understand what was possible. She said of this: "Just having her made me realise that I wanted her to have as much of an opportunity [in life] as I did. Just getting back into basketball has helped her get on her way and, more or less, helped me with my life and our lives together." She was also inspired to return by Kathy Freeman's performance at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She later took another year off from basketball in order to have another child.
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