Liz Ellis is the former captain of the Australian and Sydney Swifts netball teams, the most capped Australian international netball player (122 caps) and one of Australia’s most recognisable sports people.
Liz has won two Commonwealth Games gold medals from the Kuala Lumpur and Manchester Commonwealth Games and in 2007 realised a lifelong dream by captaining the Australian netball team to a World Championship victory. Liz had previously won two World Championship titles as part of the Australian team.
Liz has won the Commonwealth Bank Trophy four times as a captain of the Sydney Swifts and is the only player to have played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy every year since its inception. She has won Netball Australia’s coveted Most Valuable Player award four times (1996, 1998, 2002 and 2006).
Liz coordinates the Liz Ellis Netball Clinics in NSW in an effort to ensure the continued participation in netball across the state. As well as this, she has established a well known and respected personality in the media.
Liz serves on a number of Boards including the Australian Sports Commission and has been a NSW Institute of Sport Board member since October 2001.
Following the 2007 Netball World Championships Liz announced her retirement from competition on 19 November 2007.