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{{short description|Australia netball international}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox netball biography
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 |fullname     = Jacqui Delaney
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 |birth_date  = c. {{birth year and age|1975}} <ref name="scd160610">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/farewell-glory-days-team-sport-teaches-commitment-/555105/|title=Farewell to glory days of netball|publisher=www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au|date=16 June 2010|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="age120303">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/thunderbirds-back-delaney-in-residency-row-20030312-gdvd35.html|title=Thunderbirds back Delaney in residency row|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=12 March 2003|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref>
 |birth_place = [[South Australia]]<ref name="diamondsdelaney">{{cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/jacqui-delaney|title=Jacqui Delaney|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|accessdate=21 September 2020}}</ref>
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 |spouse       = [[Roger Delaney]]
 |children     =
 |positions    = GA, WA
 |clubyears1 = 1996
 |clubteam1  = [[Contax Netball Club|Contax]]
 |clubyears3 = 1997–2003
 |clubteam3  = [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]]
 |clubapps3  = 95
 |nationalyears1 = 1997–2002
 |nationalteam1  = [[Australia national netball team|Australia]]
 |nationalcaps1  = 21
 |coachyears1    = 2004–2005
 |coachteam1     = [[University of Sydney|Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions]]
 |coachyears2    = 201x–
 |coachteam2     = [[Good Shepherd Lutheran College|GSLC Netball Academy]]
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Netball Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 World Netball Championships|1999 Christchurch]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Netball at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Youth Netball Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1996 Toronto|Team}}
}}

'''Jacqui Delaney''' is a former [[List of Australia international netball players|Australia netball international]]. Between 1997 and 2002 she made 21 senior appearances for Australia. Delaney was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the [[1999 World Netball Championships]] and the [[Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]]. At club level, Delaney played for [[Contax Netball Club|Contax]] in both the [[Netball South Australia Premier League|South Australia state league]] and the [[Mobil Superleague]] and for [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]] in the [[Commonwealth Bank Trophy]] league. She was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999.

==Early life and family==
Delaney is originally from [[South Australia]] and grew up in the [[Murray River]] towns of [[Berri, South Australia|Berri]] and [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]]. In her youth, she played [[basketball]] before switching to [[netball]] at 15.
She is married to [[Roger Delaney]], the former [[Australian rules football]]er. They have three children, Yasmine (b. 1998) and twins, Cooper and Jada (born c.2006). The Delaneys settled in [[Sydney]] and then the [[Sunshine Coast Region|Sunshine Coast]]. They live and work in the [[Coolum Beach]]/[[Peregian Beach]]/[[Shire of Noosa|Noosa]] district.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="age120303"/><ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="noosanews271218">{{Cite web|url=https://www.noosanews.com.au/news/roger-living-another-port-dream-here-in-noosa/3610137/|title=Roger living another Port dream here in Noosa|publisher=www.noosanews.com.au|date=27 December 2018|accessdate=26 November 2020}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Contax===
Delaney played for [[Contax Netball Club|Contax]] in both the [[Netball South Australia Premier League|South Australia state league]] and the [[Mobil Superleague]]. In 1996 she was a member of the Contax team that won the state league premiership.<ref name="contax050812">{{Cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ETSA-Contax-60th-Year-History-Booklet-5-August-2012-final-27072012-2.pdf|title=60 Years of "Netball at its best!"|publisher=www.contax.net.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106035909/https://www.contax.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ETSA-Contax-60th-Year-History-Booklet-5-August-2012-final-27072012-2.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2020|date=5 August 2012|accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="slsa0996">{{cite web|url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+72516/53|title=Netball in South Australia: photographs|publisher=slsa.sa.gov.au|work=[[State Library of South Australia]]|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballscoop1985963">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/esso-superleague-1985-1990/page/3/|title=Esso/Mobil Superleague 1985-1996 (page 3)|publisher=netballscoop.com|accessdate=30 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="contaxaustralia">{{Cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/australian-selections/|title=Australian Selections|publisher=www.contax.net.au|accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="pressreader170512">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20120517/282265252465012|title=Club holds all the aces|via=[[PressReader]]|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|date=17 May 2012|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>

===Adelaide Thunderbirds===
Between 1997 and 2003, Delaney made 95 senior appearances for [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]] in the [[Commonwealth Bank Trophy]] league. Together with [[Kathryn Harby-Williams]],  [[Peta Squire]] and [[Alex Hodge]], she was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 grand final against [[Adelaide Ravens]], she was named the Player of the Match after scoring 38 goals with an 85% accuracy rate. She was also named the [[Commonwealth Bank Trophy#Most Valuable Player|Commonwealth Bank Trophy MVP]] in both 1999 and 2001.<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="abc160104">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-16/delaney-takes-on-coaching-role/121158|title=Delaney takes on coaching role|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=16 January 2004|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="thunderbirdshistory">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/history|title=Adelaide Thunderbirds – History|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="anz1810">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_1810_OrgID_628.html|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy Team History|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|accessdate=17 October 2020|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023213820/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_1810_OrgID_628.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="anz757">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_757_OrgID_628.html|title=Past Players & Support Staff|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|accessdate=17 October 2020|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026212711/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_757_OrgID_628.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During her playing career, Delaney made headlines for being "unintentionally controversial". During 1997 she continued to play while [[pregnant]]. In 2003 she successfully challenged [[Netball Australia]]'s residential requirement and continued to play for Thunderbirds even after she and her family relocated to [[Sydney]] for work reasons.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="age120303"/><ref name="smh010403">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/sydney-thunderbird-cleared-for-take-off-with-strings-attached-20030401-gdgj1b.html|title=Sydney Thunderbird cleared for take-off with strings attached|publisher=www.smh.com.au|date=1 April 2003|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>

===Australia===
Between 1997 and 2002, Delaney made 21 senior appearances for [[Australia national netball team|Australia]]. She was a member of the Australia team that won the [[World Youth Netball Championships|1996 World Youth Netball Championships]]. She made her senior debut for Australia on 6 June 1997. She was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the [[1999 World Netball Championships]] and the [[Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/>

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Tournaments
! Place
|-
|[[World Youth Netball Championships|1996 World Youth Netball Championships]]<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="1996todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_Youth_1996.html|title=Women Netball III World Youth Cup 1996 Toronto|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=10 November 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}}
|-
|[[1999 World Netball Championships]]<ref name="ausnwc">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|title=Australia at the Netball World Cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074707/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|archive-date=26 October 2020|accessdate=26 August 2020|publisher=[[Netball Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="1999todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1999.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball X World Championship 1999 Christchurch|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="sahof2014">{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/1999-australian-netball-team-netball-1999/|title=1999 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame|publisher=sahof.org.au|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}}
|-
|[[Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]]<ref name="bbc280702">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/other_sports/netball/newsid_2157000/2157745.stm|title=Australia accept Kiwi challenge|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|date=28 July 2002|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="commonwealthdelaney">{{Cite web|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/jacqui-delaney/|title=Jacqui Delaney|date=19 June 2020 |publisher=commonwealthgames.com.au|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref>||{{gold01}}
|-
|}

==Coach==
In 2004 Delaney was appointed head coach of the [[University of Sydney|Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions]] team in the New South Wales State League.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="abc160104"/><ref name="sydneyedu050704">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=236|title=Netballers well placed to shoot for finals berth|publisher=www.sydney.edu.au|date=5 July 2004|accessdate=26 November 2020}}</ref> She later became the head netball coach at  [[Good Shepherd Lutheran College]].<ref name="gslc149">{{Cite web|url=https://www3.gslc.qld.edu.au/pageview.aspx?pageid=149|title=GSLC Netball Academy|publisher=[[Good Shepherd Lutheran College]]|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>

==Honours==
;[[Australia national netball team|Australia]]
*'''[[World Netball Championships]]'''
**''Winners'': [[1999 World Netball Championships|1999]] 
*'''[[Netball at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]'''
**''Winners'': [[Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]]
;[[Adelaide Thunderbirds]]
*'''[[Commonwealth Bank Trophy]]'''
**''Winners'': 1998, 1999
**''Runners Up'': 1997
;[[Contax Netball Club|Contax]]
*'''[[Netball South Australia Premier League|South Australia State League]]'''
**''Winners'': 1996

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{Australia squad at the 1999 World Netball Championships}}
{{2002 Commonwealth Games Australia netball team squad}}

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