Michele Timms,
Head Coach, Michele Timms Basketball Academy

Michele Timms is not only one of Australia's best ever representatives on the world stage, but she was also a pioneer and a trailblazer for Australian women basketballers to take their talents overseas to play in Europe and in the WNBA.

Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016, Timms stepped out for an incredible 264 appearances for the Australian National Team, including four World Championship appearances (1986, 1990,1994, 1998) and three Olympic Games campaigns-bronze and silver medalist (1988, 1996, 2000). While she brought home World Championship bronze in 1998, she also made an indelible mark at the Olympics, earning bronze in 1996 before captaining the Opals to silver on home soil at Sydney 2000.

A player renown for her competitive nature, play making abilities and perimeter shooting, there are few better positioned and credentialed than Timms to understand what it means to represent your country and your sport at the Olympics.