{{short description|Scotland netball international}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Fiona Themann |fullname = Fiona Isobel Fowler<ref name="gc2018fowler">{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6028569-fiona-isobel-fowler.htm|title=Fiona Isobel Fowler|publisher=gc2018.com|accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> (Née: Themann) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|18|df=yes}} |birth_place = Shepparton<br>Victoria, Australia<ref name="teamscotlandfowler">{{cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/fiona-fowler/|title=Fiona Fowler|publisher=www.teamscotland.scot|accessdate=17 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220318/https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/fiona-fowler/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} |school = Caulfield Grammar School |university = Victoria University |occupation = Teacher/Netball coach |relatives = |spouse = |marrieddate = |children = |positions = GK, GD, WD |clubyears1 = 200x–2008 |clubteam1 = Kyabram |clubyears2 = 2006-2008 |clubteam2 = Melbourne Phoenix |clubyears3 = 2008–2009 |clubteam3 = Canberra Darters |clubyears4 = 2010– |clubteam4 = <small>Melbourne University Lightning</small> |clubyears5 = 2010–2012 |clubteam5 = → Maldon |clubyears6 = 2012 |clubteam6 = → Territory Storm |clubyears7 = 2015 |clubteam7 = → Strathfieldsaye |clubyears8 = 2016 |clubteam8 = → Newbridge |clubyears9 = 2013–2016 |clubteam9 = Victorian Fury |clubyears10 = 2016–2018 |clubteam10 = Adelaide Thunderbirds |nationalyears1 = 2014– |nationalteam1 = Scotland |nationalcaps1 = }}
'''Fiona Themann''' (born 18 April 1990), also known as '''Fiona Fowler''', is a Scotland netball international. She represented Scotland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2015 Netball World Cup. At club level, she has played for Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, Melbourne University Lightning in the Victorian Netball League, Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball. She captained Fury when they won ANL premierships in 2015 and 2016. In 2016 she helped three different teams win league titles. In addition to captaining Fury, she also helped Lightning win the VNL Championship and Newbridge win the LVFNL premiership.
==Early life and education== Themann was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia and was raised in the nearby town of Mooroopna.<ref name="teamscotlandfowler"/><ref name="bendigo260916">{{cite web|url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4189291/thunderbirds-are-go-for-premiership-star/|title=Newbridge premiership star Fiona Themann signs with National Netball League club Adelaide Thunderbirds|publisher=www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="shepparton250118">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20180125/282033327621275|title=Entry Fi to World Cup|work=Shepparton News|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="shepparton280715">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20150728/281883002042045|title=Themann's in charge|work=Shepparton News|date=28 July 2015|accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref> Between 2006 and 2007 she attended Caulfield Grammar School. Between 2008 and 2011 she attended Victoria University where she gained a BEd in Health and Physical Education.<ref name="linkedinfowler">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-fowler-348a9756/|title=Fiona (Themann) Fowler|publisher=www.linkedin.com|accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun310307">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/mooroopna-star-takes-big-steps-in-city/news-story/e02491156a919c5f20109111b72ca2f0?sv=866a51a4b479001ad2f4ec24f4b14e01|title=Mooroopna star takes big steps in city|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=31 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="vu110814">{{cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/student-athletes-successful-in-glasgow|title=Student athletes successful in Glasgow|publisher=www.vu.edu.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=11 August 2014}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Victorian leagues=== Themann began playing netball aged 10 in Mooroopna.<ref name="heraldsun310307"/> She eventually began playing for clubs in local Victorian leagues, including Kyabram in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League.<ref name="shepparton280715"/><ref name="shepparton040812">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20120804/281895885381556|title=Emotional grand final for Themann|work=Shepparton News|date=4 August 2012|accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref> Throughout her senior playing career, Themann would continue to play in local leagues. Between 2010 and 2012 she played for Maldon in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League.<ref name="maryborough110714">{{cite web|url=https://www.maryboroughadvertiser.com.au/2014/07/thistles-recruit-themann-commonwealth-games/|title=Thistles recruit Themann for Commonwealth Games|publisher=www.maryboroughadvertiser.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=11 July 2014|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617141457/https://www.maryboroughadvertiser.com.au/2014/07/thistles-recruit-themann-commonwealth-games/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015 she played for Strathfieldsaye in the Bendigo Football Netball League. In 2016 she was a member of the Newbridge team that won the Loddon Valley Football Netball League premiership.<ref name="bendigo260916"/><ref name="shepparton290916">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20160929/282329679430215|title=Thunderbirds are go for excited Themann|work=Shepparton News|date=29 September 2016|accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref>
===Melbourne Phoenix=== Between 2006 and 2008, while still attending Caulfield Grammar School, Themann played for Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.<ref name="heraldsun310307"/><ref name="adelaidenow070317">{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/netball/thunderbires-fiona-themann-rewarded-for-going-extra-miles-in-pursuit-of-netball-success/news-story/f309b26f7adac8ac5b08debf09a8a158|title=Thunderbires' Fiona Themann rewarded for going extra mile(s) in pursuit of netball success|publisher=www.adelaidenow.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=7 March 2017}}</ref>
===Melbourne University Lightning=== In 2010 Themann began play for Melbourne University Lightning in the Victorian Netball League. When she started playing for the team they were known as VU-Western Lightning. In 2012, together with Brooke Thompson, she was a member of the Lightning team that finished as runners up in the VNL.<ref name="vu110814"/><ref name="shepparton040812"/><ref name="mulhistory">{{cite web|url=https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|title=Melbourne University Lightning – Our History|publisher=mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com|accessdate=17 June 2020|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618182832/https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, together with Shannon Eagland and Elle Bennetts, she was a member of the Lightning team that won the VNL Championship.<ref name="bendigo260916"/><ref name="shepparton290916"/><ref name="vic120516">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/lightning-start-vnl-season-melbourne-university|title=Lightning start to VNL season for Melbourne University|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=12 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="vic240616">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/match-preview-fury-chasing-seventh-anl-title|title=Fury chasing seventh ANL title|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=18 June 2020|date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="shepparton300816">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20160830/281917362507331|title=District players capture VNL titles|work=Shepparton News|date=30 August 2016|accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref> In 2020 Themann returned to Lightning following pregnancy.<ref name="vic190220">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/melbourne-university-lightning-hoping-strike-early|title=Melbourne University Lightning hoping to strike early|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=19 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="maribsc150320">{{cite web|url=https://sportsacademy.maribsc.vic.edu.au/news-and-media/2020/3/15/msa-new-netball-coach-fiona-fowler|title=MSA new netball coach - Fiona Fowler|publisher=sportsacademy.maribsc.vic.edu.au|accessdate=18 June 2020|date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
===Australian Netball League=== Themann has played for three different teams in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 she played for Canberra Darters and in 2012 had a second spell in the ANL with Territory Storm.<ref name="adelaidenow070317"/><ref name="shepparton140915">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20130914/282093454421923|title=Is she Themann for Scottish side|work=Shepparton News|date=14 September 2013|accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="territory200712">{{cite web|url=https://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/10070/241693/50/cadv20jul12050x.pdf|title=Dixon, Woods make Storm squad|publisher=www.territorystories.nt.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622040628/https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/10070/241693/50/cadv20jul12050x.pdf|archive-date=22 June 2020|accessdate=18 June 2020|date=20 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="storm2012">{{Cite web|url=https://nt.netball.com.au/media/464|title=2012 Territory Storm|publisher=nt.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 January 2022}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2016 Themann played for Victorian Fury. She a member of the Fury team that won the 2013 ANL title. She subsequently captained Fury when they won further titles in 2015 and 2016.<ref name="shepparton280715"/><ref name="adelaidenow070317"/><ref name="vic240616"/><ref name="shepparton140915"/><ref name="wsr260715">{{cite web|url=https://www.womensportreport.com/fury-hold-out-force-to/wn/19148|title=Fury hold out Force to claim hat-trick of ANL titles|publisher=www.womensportreport.com|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=26 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="vic290216">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/victorian-fury-team-finalised-and-ready-defend-2015-australian-netball-league-title|title=Victorian Fury team finalised and ready to defend 2015 Australian Netball League title|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=29 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun170316">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/sport/netballs-victorian-fury-named-team-of-the-year-in-annual-vicsport-awards/news-story/62658eab4c50d735f4a0091836364569|title=Netball's Victorian Fury named team of the year in annual VicSport awards|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|accessdate=18 June 2020|date=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="vic260616">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/fury-crowned-anl-2016-premiers|title=Fury crowned ANL 2016 Premiers|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>
===Adelaide Thunderbirds=== In 2016 Themann signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds of the Suncorp Super Netball. She attracted the attention of several senior teams following her performances for Scotland at the 2015 Netball World Cup. However, having declared for Scotland, she was reclassified as an import player and in 2015 a deal to sign for Queensland Firebirds collapsed as a result. However a second opportunity for Themann to play at a senior level came in 2016 when Dan Ryan signed her for Thunderbirds.<ref name="bendigo260916"/><ref name="shepparton290916"/><ref name="adelaidenow070317"/> Themann subsequently played for Thunderbirds during the 2017<ref name="adelaidenow130317">{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/netball/adelaide-thunderbird-to-give-rookies-a-chance-following-third-straight-super-netball-loss/news-story/4eb51991458b3d680eafc8b9fea6e9c8|title=Adelaide Thunderbird to give rookies a chance following third straight Super Netball loss|publisher=www.adelaidenow.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=13 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun210517">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/melbourne-vixens-reclaim-top-spot-on-on-super-netball-ladder-after-victory-over-the-thunderbirds/news-story/108aa90c5bb0e02bc88e6f91aee6d83d|title=Melbourne Vixens reclaim top spot on on[sic] Super Netball ladder after victory over the Thunderbirds|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="karana">{{cite web|url=https://karanaflames.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Coaching-Clinic.pdf|title=Karana Flames are excited to host Erin Bell & Fiona Themann for exclusive Coaching Clinics|publisher=karanaflames.org.au|accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> and 2018 seasons.<ref name="supernetball140618">{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/thunderbirds-ready-take-next-step-against-firebirds|title=Thunderbirds Ready To Take Next Step Against Firebirds|publisher=supernetball.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=14 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="supernetball080718">{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/magpies-given-almighty-scare-thunderbirds|title=Magpies Given Almighty Scare By Thunderbirds|publisher=supernetball.com.au|accessdate=19 June 2020|date=8 July 2018}}</ref>
===International=== ;Australia Themann represented Australia at under-16 and under-19 levels.<ref name="heraldsun310307"/><ref name="netballau2008">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2008.pdf|title=2008 Annual Report - Netball Australia|publisher=netball.com.au|accessdate=11 June 2020}}</ref>
;Scotland In 2013 Themann declared for Scotland. She was eligible to play for Scotland because her father was Scottish.<ref name="adelaidenow070317"/><ref name="shepparton140915"/> In April 2014 she made her debut for Scotland during a home series against Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="bbc030414">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/26862808|title=Netball: Scottish Thistles 44-30 Trinidad and Tobago|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=20 June 2020|date=3 April 2014}}</ref> She subsequently represented Scotland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2015 Netball World Cup.<ref name="teamscotlandfowler">{{cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/fiona-fowler/|title=Fiona Fowler|publisher=www.teamscotland.scot|accessdate=17 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220318/https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/fiona-fowler/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She helped Scotland qualify for the 2019 Netball World Cup but missed the tournament itself because of pregnancy.<ref name="shepparton250118"/><ref name="inf170118">{{cite web|url=https://netball.sport/archives/11418|title=Netball Europe World Cup 2019 Qualifiers: Scotland|publisher=International Netball Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617140223/https://netball.sport/archives/11418|archive-date=17 June 2020|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=17 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="netballscotland030619">{{Cite web|url=https://www.netballscotland.com/scottish-thistles-world-cup-squad/|title=Scottish Thistles Reveal their Vitality Netball World Cup Squad|publisher=www.netballscotland.com|accessdate=10 May 2020|date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="bbc030619">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/48499125|title=Netball World Cup: Claire Maxwell to lead Scotland in Liverpool|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=12 May 2020|date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Tournaments ! Place |- |2014 Commonwealth Games<ref name="vu110814"/><ref name="maryborough110714"/><ref name="glasgowtimes300414">{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13279654.netball-meet-team-scotland/|title=Netball: Meet Team Scotland|publisher=www.glasgowtimes.co.uk|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=30 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="glasgow2014themann">{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1012977/fiona_themann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619021830/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1012977/fiona_themann.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 June 2020|title=Fiona Themann|publisher=glasgow2014.com|accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref>||9th |- |2015 Netball Europe Open Championships<ref name="2015todor66a">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.html|title=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2015|publisher=www.todor66.com|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404200649/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.html|archive-date=4 April 2019|date=5 September 2018}}</ref>||6th |- |2015 Netball World Cup<ref name="silverferns100715">{{cite web|url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/279-world-championship/2015/4769-road-to-nwc2015-scotland-announces-team.html|title=Road to NWC2015: Scotland announces team|publisher=www.silverferns.co.nz|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=10 July 2015|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618044300/https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/279-world-championship/2015/4769-road-to-nwc2015-scotland-announces-team.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="heraldscotland140815">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other_sports/13596816.thistle-army-march-on-despite-fiji-defeat/|title=Thistle army march on despite Fiji defeat|publisher=www.heraldscotland.com|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="skysports030915">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/9975214/anita-navin-selects-the-netball-world-cups-stand-out-stars|title=Anita Navin selects the Netball World Cup's stand-out stars|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=3 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_2015.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball XIV World Championship 2015 Sydney|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=25 February 2020}}</ref>||12th |- |2019 Netball World Cup Regional Qualifier – Europe<ref name="150118nwc2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/tag/wales/|title=Guide: Regional Qualifier – Europe|publisher=www.nwc2019.co.uk|archive-url= |archive-date=|date=15 January 2018|access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref>||1st |- |2018 Commonwealth Games<ref name="gc2018fowler">{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6028569-fiona-isobel-fowler.htm|title=Fiona Isobel Fowler|publisher=gc2018.com|accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Commonwealth/Women_2018.html|title=Women Netball Commonwealth Games Golden Goast, Australia 2018|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref>||9th |- |}
==Teacher and coach== In 2012 Themann began working as a primary school teacher at Flemington Primary School. When playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds she took two years unpaid leave.<ref name="shepparton280715"/><ref name="linkedinfowler"/><ref name="shepparton290916"/><ref name="shepparton140915"/><ref name="flemington271016">{{cite web|url=https://www.flemingtonps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/1477616456october_27_newsletter_2016.pdf|title=In Touch Newsletter – Flemington Primary School|publisher=www.flemingtonps.vic.edu.au|accessdate=17 June 2020|date=27 October 2016}}</ref> While playing for Thunderbirds, she also worked as a netball coach at Pedare Christian College and as a teacher, coach and mentor at the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy (SAASTA).<ref name="linkedinfowler"/><ref name="pedare2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Sport_booklet-Web-2017.pdf|title=Pedare Sport|publisher=www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au|accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref> In 2020 she became a netball coach at the Maribyrnong Sports Academy.<ref name="maribsc150320"/>
==Honours== ;Victorian Fury *'''Australian Netball League''' **''Winners'': 2013, 2015, 2016: '''3''' ;Melbourne University Lightning *'''Victorian Netball League''' **''Winners'': 2016: '''1''' **''Runners up'': 2012: '''1'''
==References== {{Reflist|3}}
==External links== * {{Team Scotland|fionaisobel-fowler|Fiona Isobel Fowler}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|netball/athlete-profile-n6028569-fiona-isobel-fowler|Fiona Isobel Fowler}}
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