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 |name    = Vicki Wilson
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 |birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]
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 |university   = [[Queensland University of Technology]]
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 |clubteam1     = [[Queensland Firebirds]]
 |clubyears1    = 1997–99
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 |nationalyears1 = 1985–99
 |nationalteam1 = [[Australia national netball team|Australian national team]]
 |nationalcaps1 = 104
 |coachyears1   = 2006–09
 |coachteam1    = [[Queensland Firebirds]]
 |coachyears2   = 2016–present
 |coachteam2    = [[Fiji national netball team|Fiji]]
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{{MedalGold|[[1999 Netball World Championships|1999 Christchurch]]|[[Netball]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 Netball World Championships|1995 Birmingham]]|[[Netball]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Netball World Championships|1991 Sydney]]|[[Netball]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1987 Netball World Championships|1987 Glasgow]]|[[Netball]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|[[Netball at the Commonwealth Games|Netball]]}}
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'''Vicki Wilson''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}, (born 11 February 1965 in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]) is an Australian [[netball]] coach and retired international player. She is the current head coach of the [[Fiji national netball team|Netball Fiji]] side.<ref name="news_Vick">{{Cite web | title = Vicki Wilson appointed as new Fiji Pearls coach | work = Newswire | access-date = 2016-07-29 | url = https://www.newswire.com.fj/sports/netball/vicki-wilson-appointed-as-new-fiji-pearls-coach/ }}</ref> Vicki Wilson is also an executive with the [[Brisbane Broncos]].

==Netball career==
Wilson was a part of the [[Australia national netball team|Australian national netball team]] for fifteen years, making her debut in 1985. Wilson became captain of the Australian netball team in 1996, while on the comeback trail from a knee injury sustained at the [[1995 Netball World Championships]]. In 1998 she [[List of Australia national netball team captains|captained Australia]] to the first ever netball gold medal at the [[Commonwealth Games]] and in 1999 she retired on a winning note, after leading Australia to a one-point win in the [[1999 Netball World Championships|World Championship]] final.<ref name=AWHC>[http://www.australianworkersheritagecentre.com.au/10_pdf/vicki_wilson.pdf Australian Workers Heritage Centre profile]. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.</ref><ref name=NW>[http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2249b.htm Australian Women Biographical Entry: Vicki Wilson]. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.</ref>

Wilson was called up to coach the [[Queensland Firebirds]] in 2006, after consistent lacklustre performances in the [[Commonwealth Bank Trophy]]. She continued with the franchise in the [[ANZ Championship]], but was stood down from the position by Netball Queensland after the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Jim |date=2009-08-07 |title=Netball legend Wilson axed by Firebirds |url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/netball-legend-wilson-axed-by-firebirds-20090807-ecmr.html |work=[[Brisbane Times]] |access-date=2009-08-11}}</ref>

In May 2013, Wilson was named as the new assistant coach for the New Zealand Silver Ferns until the end of 2015.

In June 2016, she signed to coach the [[Fiji national netball team]] side for three years.<ref name="news_Vick"/>

==Awards==
Wilson received the [[Order of Australia]] medal in 1992.<ref name=AWHC/> In 2001, she was inducted into the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] 'Best of the Best'.<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117224704/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best |date=17 November 2012 }} </</ref>  She was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2004,<ref name=NW/> and the [[Australian Netball Hall of Fame]] in November 2008.<ref>{{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 |access-date=2009-03-28}}</ref>

==References==
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{{New Zealand netball squad at the 2014 Commonwealth Games}}
{{New Zealand squad at the 2015 Netball World Cup}}
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