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Gretel Bueta

Gretel Bueta (née Tippett; born 3 July 1993) is an Australian netball player and former basketball player.[1]

Gretel Bueta
Tippett in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gretel Bueta
Born (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
School All Saints Anglican School
Spouse Niko Bueta
Married 7 March 2020
Children Bobby Bueta
Relatives Kurt Tippett, Joel Tippett (Brothers)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2013, 2015-2019, 2021-2022 Queensland Firebirds
2014 New South Wales Swifts
Years National team(s) Caps
Australian Under 21
Medal record
Netball
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Netball

Basketball

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Bueta played for the Australian Institute of Sport in the Women's National Basketball League during the 2010/2011 season. She played half the season with the Logan Thunder in the 2011/2012 season and was named Rookie of the Year for WNBL in 2011 before pulling out due to glandular fever. She also played in 3 junior World Championships - 2009 U/19 World Championships in Thailand where Australia placed 5th. 2010 u/17 World Championships in France where Australia placed 7th and 2011 u/19 World Championships in Chile where Australia placed 4th.[2] In a 24 November 2010 game for the team against the Canberra Capitals, she scored thirteen points and had ten rebounds.[2]

Netball

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In March 2012, Bueta made the switch from Basketball to Netball, registering as a goal attack, goal shooter

In 2013, she was used as a replacement player for the Queensland Firebirds for the injured Chelsea Pitman.[3] Later that year, she was selected for the Australian under 21 netball team for the 2013 World Youth Netball Championship in Glasgow, Scotland,[4] where Australia finished second, and announced that she was joining the NSW Swifts.[4]

Bueta made her ANZ Championship debut in Round 5 of the 2014 ANZ Championship after signing with the NSW Swifts for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

At the end of the 2014 season, she was released from her contract with the NSW Swifts a year early to return home to be closer to family, signing with the Queensland Firebirds for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. She was selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.[5]

Gretel has been named in the Super Netball Team of the Year three times, in 2018, 2019 and the 2022 . In the latter year she was also awarded the Liz Ellis Diamond, the most prestigious annual award in Australian netball, given to the player judged the best in both domestic and international netball throughout the calendar year.[6] She sat out of the entire 2020 season as a result of being pregnant with her first child.[7]

Following a season on the sidelines, Gretel and her husband Niko have since welcomed their first child Bobby Bueta into the world.[8] Bueta returned to netball in the 2021 season.[9] Landing a spot in the top 15 current league shooters with 266 points at 80.5% accuracy. She continues to play in the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season for the Queensland Firebirds. In which she was awarded the Most Valuable Player at the Queensland Firebirds awards night. She further proved her athleticism in the 2022 Netball Quad Series,[10] having a standout performance of 93% shooting accuracy and earning player of the match.[11]

National & International netball representation

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Personal life

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Bueta is the sister of former AFL footballers Kurt and Joel, and the only daughter of Tony and Janet Tippet.[12] She married her long-term boyfriend, Niko Bueta, on 7 March 2020 and gave birth to the couple's first child, Bobby Bueta in January 2021.[13] Bueta announced her second pregnancy in October 2022 and her withdrawal from the Constellation Cup series against the Silver Ferns.[14] She miscarried and was unknown if she was going to play the 2023 season but in January 2023, she announced that she is having her rainbow baby (2nd pregnancy) and will miss the 2023 SSN season and world cup in Cape Town. On 10th August 2024 on her Instagram page, she announced that she is pregnant again but this time with a baby girl

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gretel Tippett". netball.com.au. Netball Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Tuxworth, Jon (25 November 2010). "AIS star struck by Payne of moving on". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Gretel's code switch set for fairytale ending". ANZ Championship. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b Partland, Warren (30 July 2013). "Gretel Tippett joins NSW Swifts for next season". The Advertiser. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "17-strong Diamonds squad named for International Test Series". Netball Australia. 15 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Gretel Tippett wins Liz Ellis Diamond with standout season for bottom-of-the-ladder Queensland Firebirds". ABC News. 30 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Netball ace Bueta to miss whole season". The Canberra Times. 5 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Bueta's Back with a Plus One!". Queensland Firebirds. 16 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Gretel Bueta Profile". Queensland Firebirds. 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "New-look Diamonds show fight in Quad Series and potential for sparkling future | Erin Delahunty". TheGuardian.com. 19 January 2022.
  11. ^ Gretel Bueta - Player of the series
  12. ^ Pearce, Linda (8 May 2014). "Gretel Tippett, sister of AFL giants, the big hope of Australian netball". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  13. ^ Amy Price (21 March 2020). "Netballer Gretel Tippett shares details of her dream Gold Coast wedding". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Amazing news sees 'world's best player' Gretel Bueta withdraw from Diamonds". 4 October 2022.
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