Michelle Dench is an Australian Women's Footy champion and player and former WNBL basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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She played for the Melbourne University Mugars

Melbourne University Mugars

The Melbourne University Mugars have two Australian rules football teams competing in the Victorian Women's Football League — Premier Division and Reserves teams, as well as an Under 18 team competing in AFL Victoria's Youth Girls competition....

 in the Victorian Women's Football League

Victorian Women's Football League

The Victorian Women's Football League is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 22 clubs and 30 teams from Victoria, Australia across four divisions and a total of over 1,000 players....

 and is a multiple premiership player since switching from basketball she has also represented Australia in International rules football

International rules football

International rules football is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players....

 as part of the Australia women's international rules football team

Australia women's international rules football team

The Australian women's international rules football team is the Australian women's representative team in international rules football, a hybrid of Australian rules football and Gaelic football.The team was launched in 2006...

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She has been an All-Australian and the AFL Womens National Championships in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007.

She is the daughter of North Melbourne Football Club

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 great David Dench

David Dench

David Dench is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He played his whole career with North Melbourne Football Club at one of its most successful periods....

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She retired at the end of the 2009 season.