{{short description|Australian netball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Kelsie Rainbow |image = |caption = |updated = |fullname = |maidenname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|09|26|df=yes}} |birth_place = Winnaleah, Tasmania<ref name="visrainbow">{{cite web|url=https://www.vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/kelsie-rainbow/|title=Kelsie Rainbow|work=Victorian Institute of Sport|publisher=www.vis.org.au|accessdate=28 July 2020|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413072814/https://vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/kelsie-rainbow/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}} |school = Scotch Oakburn College |university = Monash University |occupation = |relatives = |spouse = |marrieddate = |children = |positions = C, WA |clubyears1 = 2011–2013 |clubteam1 = Cavaliers |clubyears2 = 2015–2017 |clubteam2 = Monash University Storm |clubyears3 = 2016–2017 |clubteam3 = Victorian Fury |clubyears4 = 2018– |clubteam4 = <small>Melbourne University Lightning</small> |clubyears5 = 2018– |clubteam5 = Tasmanian Magpies |clubyears6 = 2018– |clubteam6 = Collingwood Magpies |nationalyears = |nationalteams = |nationalcaps = |coachyears = |coachteams = }}
'''Kelsie Rainbow''' (born 26 September 1996) is an Australian netball player who has played in the Victorian Netball League and the Australian Netball League. In 2018 she was a member of the Tasmanian Magpies team that won the ANL title. In 2018 and 2019 Rainbow served as a training partner for Collingwood Magpies.
==Early life and education== Rainbow is originally from Winnaleah, Tasmania.<ref name="visrainbow"/><ref name="examiner230219">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5919001/tassie-heart-pumps-up-kelsie-rainbow/|title=How a Winneleah girl plans to be the first Tasmanian to play Super Netball|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=23 February 2019|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=tasnetball200418>{{cite web|url=https://tas.netball.com.au/news/gold-end-rainbow-kelsie|title=Gold at the end of the Rainbow for Kelsie|publisher=tas.netball.com.au|date=20 April 2018|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2014 she attended Scotch Oakburn College and between 2015 and 2017 she attended Monash University where she studied nutritional science.<ref name="linkedinrainbow">{{cite web|url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/kelsie-rainbow-585674a6|title=Kelsie Rainbow|publisher=au.linkedin.com|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="examiner260516">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/3929046/rainbow-back-in-business/|title=Launceston netballer Kelsie Rainbow back from injury|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=26 May 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="examiner250816">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4120437/kelsie-doing-the-state-proud/|title=National netball call-up for Kelsie Rainbow|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=25 August 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> In 2012 she represented Tasmania as an under-18 cross country runner.<ref name="sportstg190712">{{cite web|url=https://sitedesq.sportstg.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&NewsID=26577&OrgID=1143#.XyHXfeco_IU|title=Team for Australian Titles in Adelaide|publisher=sportstg.com|date=19 July 2012|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> In December 2012, Rainbow finished 10th in the Intermediate Australian Schools Knockout National Final 800 metres in a time of 2:27.58.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Schools Knockout National Final |url=https://athletics.possumbility.com/almanac/Almanac-2012.pdf |access-date=4 July 2024 |page=107}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Cavaliers=== Rainbow played for Cavaliers, a Launceston-based team in the Tasmanian Netball League. In both 2011 and 2012 she was named in the TNL Under-19 All Star Teams and in 2013 she was named in the TNL Open All Star Team.<ref name="examiner230219"/><ref name="cavaliers">{{cite web|url=https://cavaliers.org.au/club/honor-board|title=Honour Board|publisher=cavaliers.org.au|accessdate=29 July 2020|archive-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308011741/https://cavaliers.org.au/club/honor-board|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="examiner300918">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5671846/squad-leads-rainbow-toward-her-pot-of-gold/|title=Kelsie Rainbow gets national netball recognition|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=30 September 2018|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref>
===Victorian Netball League=== Between 2015 and 2017, while attending Monash University, Rainbow also played for Monash University Storm in the Victorian Netball League.<ref name="linkedinrainbow"/><ref name="vicnetball030616">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/fury-looking-produce-eight-quarter-performance|title=Fury looking to produce eight quarter performance|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|date=3 June 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="vicnetball240816">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/six-victorian-athletes-named-world-youth-cup-squad|title=Six Victorian athletes named in World Youth Cup squad|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|date=24 August 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="vicnetball261016">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/victorian-fury-2017-team-announcement|title=Victorian Fury 2017 team announcement|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|date=26 October 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun021116">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/sport/the-victorian-fury-started-its-quest-for-a-fifth-australian-netball-league-title-in-a-row-with-the-naming-of-its-2017-squad-last-week/news-story/4c8d459853ca994dc1665926f422ceb5|title=The Victorian Fury started its quest for a fifth Australian Netball League title in a row with the naming of its 2017 squad last week|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|date=2 November 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> Since 2018 she has played in the VNL for Melbourne University Lightning.<ref name=tasnetball150218>{{cite web|url=https://tas.netball.com.au/news/2018-tasmanian-magpies-anl-squad|title=2018 Tasmanian Magpies ANL Squad|publisher=tas.netball.com.au|date=15 February 2018|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><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-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618182832/https://mulightning-dpga.squarespace.com/our-history|archive-date=18 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vnllightning">{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|title=Melbourne University Lightning|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614174636/https://vic.netball.com.au/melbourne-university-lightning|archive-date=14 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=advocate181119>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6498172/seven-in-tassie-magpies-squad-for-2020/|title=Seven in Tassie Magpies squad for 2020|publisher=www.theadvocate.com.au|date=18 November 2019|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref>
===Australian Netball League=== ;Victorian Fury In 2016 Rainbow was called up as a replacement player for Victorian Fury.<ref name="vicnetball030616"/> She was subsequently included in the 2017 Fury squad.<ref name="vicnetball261016"/><ref name="heraldsun021116"/><ref name="examiner191216">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4365194/rainbow-left-in-fury-over-split-loyalty/|title=Tasmanian Kelsie Rainbow confirms signing for Victorian Fury in the new-look Australian Netball League|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=19 December 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> While a member of the Fury squad she also served as a training partner with Melbourne Vixens.<ref name="visrainbow">{{cite web|url=https://www.vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/kelsie-rainbow/|title=Kelsie Rainbow|work=Victorian Institute of Sport|publisher=www.vis.org.au|accessdate=28 July 2020|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413072814/https://vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/kelsie-rainbow/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=tasnetball200418/><ref name="examiner191116">{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4303213/rainbow-finds-a-pot-of-gold/|title=Tasmanian netballer Kelsie Rainbow to train with Melbourne Vixens|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=19 November 2016|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref>
;Tasmanian Magpies In 2018 Rainbow began playing for Tasmanian Magpies.<ref name=tasnetball200418/><ref name=tasnetball150218/> Together with Melissa Bragg, Gabrielle Sinclair and Cody Lange, Rainbow was a member of the Magpies team that won the 2018 Australian Netball League title.<ref name=examiner010718>{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5499255/a-win-for-its-true-believers/|publisher=www.examiner.com.au|date=1 July 2018|accessdate=21 June 2020|title=Canberra Giants fall agonisingly short in ANL grand final thriller}}</ref><ref name=netballau010718>{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/news/tassie-magpies-celebrate-first-duanl-title|title=Tassie Magpies celebrate first DUANL title|publisher=netball.com.au|date=1 July 2018|accessdate=25 July 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023034611/https://netball.com.au/news/tassie-magpies-celebrate-first-duanl-title|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was subsequently included in the 2019 and 2020 Tasmanian Magpies squads.<ref name=advocate181119/><ref name=tasnetball231118>{{cite web|url=https://tas.netball.com.au/news/2019-tasmanian-magpies-squad-announced|title=2019 Tasmanian Magpies Squad Announced|publisher=tas.netball.com.au|date=23 November 2018|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=tasnetball181119>{{cite web|url=https://tas.netball.com.au/news/2020-tasmanian-magpies-squad-announcement|title=2020 Tasmanian Magpies Squad Announcement|publisher=tas.netball.com.au|date=18 November 2019|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=magpies181119>{{cite web|url=https://collingwoodmagpies.com.au/news/anl-tasmanian-magpies/anl-tasmanian-magpies-announce-2020-squad|title=ANL Tasmanian Magpies announce 2020 squad|work=Collingwood Magpies|publisher=collingwoodmagpies.com.au|date=18 November 2019|accessdate=25 July 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725225759/https://collingwoodmagpies.com.au/news/anl-tasmanian-magpies/anl-tasmanian-magpies-announce-2020-squad|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Collingwood Magpies=== In 2018 and 2019 Rainbow served as a training partner for Collingwood Magpies.<ref name=tasnetball200418/><ref name="supernetball300418">{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/magpies-welcome-new-training-partner|title=Magpies Welcome New Training Partner|publisher=supernetball.com.au|date=30 April 2018|accessdate=30 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="supernetball221118">{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/seven-training-partners-sign-collingwood-magpies-2019|title=Seven Training Partners Sign On With Collingwood Magpies For 2019|publisher=supernetball.com.au|date=22 November 2018|accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> On 29 March 2018 she made her senior debut for Collingwood Magpies during the Tasmanian Netball Invitational Series at the Silverdome in Launceston.<ref name=tasnetball200418/><ref name="supernetball221118"/><ref name=tasnetball300318>{{cite web|url=https://tas.netball.com.au/news/rainbow-gets-unreal-experience-front-home-crowd|title=Rainbow gets an unreal experience in front of a home crowd |publisher=tas.netball.com.au|date=30 March 2018|accessdate=30 July 2020}}</ref>
===National team=== Rainbow was included in an advance Australia squad for the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup.<ref name="examiner250816"/><ref name="vicnetball240816"/><ref name="mercury240816">{{cite web|url=https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/tasmanian-netball-star-kelsie-rainbow-joins-australian-netball-world-youth-cup-squad/news-story/c9e469577d33841686628dba34bfd9b5|title=Tasmanian netball star Kelsie Rainbow joins Australian Netball World Youth Cup squad|publisher=www.themercury.com.au|date=24 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="nswis250816">{{cite web|url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/four-nswis-players-included-in-netball-world-youth-cup-squad/|title=Four NSWIS players included in Netball World Youth Cup squad|publisher=www.nswis.com.au|date=25 August 2016|accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Tasmanian Magpies *'''Australian Netball League''' **''Winners'': 2018: '''1'''
==References== {{reflist|3}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainbow, Kelsie}} Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:Australian netball players Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Australian women cross country runners Category:Victorian Fury players Category:Collingwood Magpies Netball players Category:Tasmanian Magpies players Category:Victorian Netball League players Category:Australian Netball League players Category:Netball players from Tasmania Category:Monash University alumni