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4 unusual facts about Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games


2006 Commonwealth Games highlights

;Basketball: The Australian men's team beat New Zealand 81–76 to win the first gold medal in this sport at the Commonwealth Games.

Aneka Kerr

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team.

Jan Stirling

She then led the Opals to silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, to gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, gold at the 2006 FIBA world championship in Brazil and silver at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Katrina Hibbert

Hibbert was a member of the national team roster during the 2000s and played in the Australian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.


Larry Davidson

Davidson was named a member of the Australian Boomers squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games but injury prevented him from playing with the gold medal team.


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