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Kendra Slawinski OBE (born 13 December 1962), originally known as Kendra Lowe, is a former England netball international. Between 1983 and 1995 she made 128 senior appearances for England. She represented England at the 1983 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at 1985 and 1989 World Games and captained the team at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games. In 1996, she was awarded an OBE for her services to netball.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kendra Slawinski (née Lowe) | |||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1962[1] | |||||||||||||
| University | De Montfort University | |||||||||||||
| Relatives | Kenny Lowe (brother) | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): GD, GK | ||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1983–1995 | England | 128 | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Birmingham Blaze | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Galleria Mavericks | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Slawinski is the daughter of Lili and Kenny Lowe Sr. She was raised in Billingham. Her older brother, Kenny Lowe, is a former England men's semi-pro international footballer and Perth Glory manager.[2][3] Slawinski attended De Montfort University.[4]
England
Between 1983 and 1995, Slawinski made 128 senior appearances for England. She represented England at the 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships[5][6][7] and at the 1985, 1989 and 1993 World Games.[8][9][10][11] She captained England at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games.[6][7][11][12] In 1993 she received her 100th senior cap.[13] In November 1995, she made her 128th and final appearance for England during a series against the Cook Islands.[14] She was the world's most capped netball international, until 2009 when she overtaken by New Zealand's Irene van Dyk.[15][16] In 1996, she was awarded an OBE for her services to netball.[17] In 2001 she was an inaugural inductee into England Netball's Hall of Fame.[18][19]
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Coach
During the Super Cup era, Slawinski was head coach of Birmingham Blaze.[29] During the 2007–08 Netball Superleague season, Slawinski served as assistant coach when Galleria Mavericks reached the grand final.[30] During the 2008–09 season she was Mavericks head coach,[31][32][33][34] guiding them to another grand final.[35]
Teacher
Since 1986, Slawinski has worked as a teacher at Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Luton. On 19 July 2024 after 39 years of outstanding service, she retired from her final position of Assistant Headteacher.[36]
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During the 80's and early 90's Kendra was the head coach for the 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U Bedfordshire schools Netball squads that trained at Putteridge Sports and Leisure Centre in Luton. She was also the captain of the Bedfordshire Senior Netball squad that trained along with the Bedfordshire U21 squad in the Alexander Sports Hall, Sidney Rd, Bedford.
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