Belinda White

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Belinda White
White in March 2012 during a photoshoot
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSoftball
EventWomen's team
College teamTroy University

Belinda White (born 18 July 1988) is a South Australian softball player. She briefly attend

ISF XIII Women's World Championships
.

Personal

White lives in Park Holme, South Australia.[1] She briefly attended Troy University in Alabama.[2] Also plays Premier League for Woodville Hockey Club in Adelaide, South Australia.

Softball

White plays club softball for the South Australia-based Sturt Falcons,[3] having joined the club when she was nine years old.[4] She briefly played with Troy University's softball team.[2][4]

White was a member of the South Australian side in national competitions, first joining the team in 2005[4] and was with the team in 2011.[2][4] She has committed to remaining in South Australia and representing the state despite incentives of higher quality local competition if she moved to another state.[4]

White has represented Australian on the junior national level, and was with the U23 Australian national team in 2007.[4]

White has held a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport in 2008[5][6] and 2009.[7]

Senior national team

White has represented Australia on the senior national team. In March 2009, she participated in a Brisbane-based training camp.

ISF XIII Women's World Championships.[8] She was one of two South Australians to play in a January 2012 test series against the New Zealand women's national softball team.[9]

In 2012, White was offered an opportunity to semi-professional softball in the Netherlands, she turned down this opportunity in order to represent Australia in a test series against Japan in Canberra in March. By playing with the national team, she is hoping to secure a spot on the ISF XIII Women's World Championships as the lineup was not finalised as of March 2012.[1][3][10][11] She will be one or two South Australians representing Australia in the Canberra-based series.[10]

White was a member of the Australian team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] The team came away with one win out of five, beating Italy 1–0 in their second match of the Round Robin and finished fifth overall.[13] Full details are in Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ a b Schultz, Duane. "Belinda true blue Aussie — Softball — Sport — Portside Messenger". Portside-messenger.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hegarty, Adam (15 July 2011). "Star catches the eye in SA". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. p. 84. ADV_T-20110715-1-084-609712. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b Schultz, Duane (29 February 2012). "Country over cash — White puts Australia before Dutch dream". Messenger - Guardian. Adelaide, Australia. p. 62. MGD_T-20120229-1-062-101315. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "White named in Aussie squad". Messenger — Eastern Courier. Adelaide, Australia. 13 April 2011. p. 227. MEC_T-20110413-1-027-603411. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  5. ^ Warren, Adrian (17 January 2008). "Victorian's squad pitch pays off — SOFTBALL". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 13. 20080117000020192571. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  6. ^ Warren, Adrian (16 January 2008). "AAP News: Soft: Smethurst swaps books for bat and ball in chase of Olympic dream". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. WAAP61447173. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ a b Grimaux, Andre (27 February 2009). "Weaver out on high note". The Northern Times. Brisbane. p. 64. TNT_T-20090227-1-064-931013. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Australian Open Women's Squad 2012". Australia: Softball Australia. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Vanessa Stokes - gets her Aussie Spirit cap". Glenelg, South Australia: Glenelg Rebels. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  10. ^ a b Schultz, Duane (29 February 2012). "White puts Australia before Dutch dream". Messenger — Hills Valley. Adelaide, Australia. p. 29. MHS_T-20120229-1-029-101284. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  11. ^ Schultz, Duane (29 February 2012). "White puts Australia before Dutch dream". Messenger — Eastern Courier. Adelaide, Australia. p. 62. MEC_T-20120229-1-062-007515. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Olympic Profile". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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