1. Leigh Helen Gibbs is a New Zealand retired netball player who played for the national team on 61 occasions and was captain for the 1987 World Netball Championships when New Zealand won the gold medal.
16 Facts About Leigh Gibbs
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Leigh Gibbs was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001.
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Leigh Helen Gibbs was born in Gisborne, New Zealand on 17 July 1956.
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Leigh Gibbs was educated at Lytton High School in Gisborne.
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Leigh Gibbs obtained a diploma in physical education at the University of Otago, following this with a one-year course to obtain an education diploma at the Christchurch College of Education.
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Leigh Gibbs was called up to play for the New Zealand national netball team, later called the Silver Ferns, in 1978 and played for them until 1987.
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Leigh Gibbs was captain in 1986 and 1987, being in that role when New Zealand dominated the 1987 Netball World Championships, which were held in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Leigh Gibbs played in the 1979 and 1983 world championships.
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Leigh Gibbs was a New Zealand netball umpire from 1987 to 1993.
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Leigh Gibbs started coaching the Canterbury Flames in 1988 and coached the New Zealand Under-21 team in 1991 and 1992 when the team won the Under-21 World Championship.
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Leigh Gibbs became the Silver Ferns' sixth coach, when she was appointed to lead the team in 1994.
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Leigh Gibbs coached the team in the 1995 Netball World Championships in Birmingham, England, when New Zealand finished in a disappointing third place.
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Leigh Gibbs was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to netball, in the 2001 New Year Honours.
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Leigh Gibbs received a place on the "Wall of Fame" of the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago in 2006.
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Leigh Gibbs was made the 32nd honorary life member of Netball New Zealand in 2017.
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Leigh Gibbs married Steve Gibbs and they have two sons.