 18 June 2004: Natalie Avellino (centre) playing for the 2004 Southern Sting against Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup final at Stadium Southland. She competes with Flames players Vilimaina Davu (left) and Peta Stephens. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Natalie Avellino | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
15 December 1970 Sydney, New South Wales[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): WA, GA, GS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Adelaide Garville | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Sydney Sandpipers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Melbourne Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Sydney Sandpipers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Southern Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | AIS Canberra Darters | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Southern Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2006 | Australia | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team(s) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 200x–2018 | Southland Girls' High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Southland NPC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Southern Steel | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalie Avellino (born 15 December 1970) is a former Australian netball international and current netball coach. Between 1994 and 2006 she made 20 senior appearances for Australia. Avellino was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 1995 World Netball Championships and the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
During the Esso/Mobil Superleague era, Avellino played for the Australian Institute of Sport and Adelaide Garville. In 1993, she was a member of the Garville team that were Australian netball premiers. Between 1997 and 2006, during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, she played for Sydney Sandpipers, Melbourne Phoenix, Adelaide Thunderbirds and AIS Canberra Darters. She made 100 Commonwealth Bank Trophy appearances. Between 2004 and 2007, Avellino also played for Southern Sting in Netball New Zealand's National Bank Cup league. She was a prominent member of Sting teams that won league titles in 2004 and 2007.