{{short description|Australian basketball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Chelsea Brook | image = | league = | team = | number = | position = Power forward / Centre<!-- per https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/players/ --> | height_cm = 189<!-- per https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/players/ --> | weight_kg = 80<!-- per https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/zb/engzb_basketball-athlete-profile-n169518-brook-chelsea-abbey.htm --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|07|29}} | birth_place = Truro, South Australia, Australia | high_school = | career_start = 2016 | career_end = | years1 = 2016–2017 | team1 = Norwood Flames | years2 = 2016–2023 | team2 = Adelaide Lightning | years3 = 2018 | team3 = Sturt Sabres | years4 = 2019 | team4 = Eltham Wildcats | years5 = 2021 | team5 = Mackay Meteorettes | years6 = 2022–2023 | team6 = Darwin Salties | highlights = *Premier League champion (2016) | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalSport | Basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2017 Taiwan|Team}} }}
'''Chelsea Abbey Brook''' (born 29 July 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player.
==Early life== Brook hails from country South Australia in Truro.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prentice|first=Tristan|url=https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/time-to-strike-chelsea-brook/|title=TIME TO STRIKE: CHELSEA BROOK|work=wnbl.basketball/adelaide|date=16 September 2020|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref>
==Career== ===WNBL=== Brook made her debut in the WNBL with the Adelaide Lightning in the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/adelaide-36ers/mac-adelaide-lightning-sign-four-more-locals-and-a-kiwi-international-as-momentum-builds-for-2016-17-wnbl-season-ng-2ac11ff77ac32cfc4a9cfcc759a62fca|title=MAC Adelaide Lightning sign four more locals and a Kiwi international as momentum builds for 2016-17 WNBL season|work=The Advertiser|date=13 September 2016|access-date=13 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220113150959/https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/adelaide-36ers/mac-adelaide-lightning-sign-four-more-locals-and-a-kiwi-international-as-momentum-builds-for-2016-17-wnbl-season-ng-2ac11ff77ac32cfc4a9cfcc759a62fca|archive-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> She re-signed with the Lightning for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/lightning-signs-sa-tyro-chelsea-brook-for-201718-wnbl-campaign/news-story/c4cb733a911f057ad388a0f1ccdbabe1|title=Lightning signs SA tyro Chelsea Brook for 2017-18 WNBL campaign|work=The Advertiser|date=9 April 2017|access-date=27 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220113151525/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/lightning-signs-sa-tyro-chelsea-brook-for-201718-wnbl-campaign/news-story/c4cb733a911f057ad388a0f1ccdbabe1|archive-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> She continued with the Lightning in 2018–19, 2019–20, the 2020 Hub season, and again in 2021–22<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/lightning-strike-chelsea-brook/|title=LIGHTNING STRIKE: CHELSEA BROOK|work=wnbl.basketball/adelaide|date=2 December 2021|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> and 2022–23.<ref name="australiabasket" />
===State Leagues=== In 2016 and 2017, Brook played for the Norwood Flames in the South Australian Premier League, winning a championship in her first season. In 2018, she continued in the Premier League for the Sturt Sabes. In 2019, she played in the inaugural NBL1 season with the Eltham Wildcats.<ref name=australiabasket>{{cite web|url=https://basketball.australiabasket.com/player/Chelsea-Brook/Australia/Adelaide-Lightning/393164?Women=1|title=Chelsea Brook|work=australiabasket.com|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> In 2021, she played for the Mackay Meteorettes in the NBL1 North.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mackaybasketball.com/news/mcdonalds-mackay-meteorettes-add-adelaide-lightning-standout-chelsea-brook|title=McDonald's Mackay Meteorettes Add Adelaide Lightning Standout Chelsea Brook|work=mackaybasketball.com|date=17 March 2021|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref>
Brook played for the Darwin Salties of the NBL1 North<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/darwinsalties/posts/112426051316107|title=PLAYER SIGNING|work=facebook.com/darwinsalties|date=7 January 2022|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> in 2022 and 2023.<ref name="australiabasket" />
===National team=== In 2017, Brook played for the Australian National University Team at the World University Games in Taipei, where Australia won gold.<ref name="australiabasket" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://nbl1.com.au/player/e398db30-7b55-11eb-9e56-8205bb8987e9/d0211256-b305-11eb-9723-226cd10403de/chelsea-brook NBL1 profile] *[https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/zb/engzb_basketball-athlete-profile-n169518-brook-chelsea-abbey.htm 2017 Universiade profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brook, Chelsea}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Adelaide Lightning players Category:Australian women's basketball players Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Basketball players from Adelaide Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Category:Power forwards Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball Category:Sportswomen from South Australia