Madeline Gordon (born 16 January 2000) is a New Zealand netball international, who plays for Queensland Firebirds in the Super Netball. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2026 Commonwealth Games, 2021 Constellation Cup and the 2022 Taini Jamison Trophy Series. Gordon was also a prominent member of the Central Pulse teams that won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles.
Early life, family and education Gordon was born and bred in Whangārei. She is the daughter of Carolyn and David Gordon. She stayed in Whangārei until she was 16. She subsequently attended Mount Albert Grammar School, where she excelled at netball, volleyball, athletics, cross-country and swimming.
Club career Central Zone In 2018, Gordon was a member of the Central Zone team that won the National Netball League title. She was player of the match as Central defeated Waikato Bay of Plenty 62–53 in the grand final.
Central Pulse Gordon was a member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. She was subsequently a prominent member of the Pulse teams that won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. She was Grand Final MVP as she helped Pulse win the 2020 title. After an outstanding 2023 season for Pulse, Gordon was included in Brendon Egan's Stuffs team of the season and was recalled to the New Zealand team for the 2023 Netball World Cup.
Queensland Firebirds Gordon signed with the Queensland Firebirds for the 2026 Suncorp Super Netball season.
International career In August 2020, Gordon was included in the 2020–21 New Zealand squad. She was the sole debutant featured in the squad. On 3 March 2021, Gordon made her senior debut for New Zealand against Australia during the 2021 Constellation Cup. Gordon was named in the squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, where the Silver Ferns won their first Commonwealth Games gold medal in 16 years, defeating Jamaica in the final.
Tournaments Place2021 Constellation Cup1st2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series2nd2022 Taini Jamison Trophy Series1st2022 Constellation Cup2nd2023 Netball World Cup4th2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series1st2023 Constellation Cup2nd 2024 Netball Nations Cup3rd 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series2nd2024 Constellation Cup1st2025 Taini Jamison Trophy Series1st 2025 Constellation Cup2nd2025 New Zealand netball tour of Great Britain2026 Commonwealth Games1st
Statistics ANZ Premiership
|- style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019 |style="text-align:center;"|Pulse |0/0||26||0||10||39||4||2||14||10||11
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020 |style="text-align:center;"|Pulse |0/0||173||0||156||291||6||19||64||37||13 |- style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021 |style="text-align:center;"|Pulse |0/0||66||0||55||138||11||35||100||38||15
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 |style="text-align:center;"|Pulse |0/0||17||0||42||41||8||30||58||15||11 |- style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2023 |style="text-align:center;"|Pulse |0/0||?||0||0||438||15||47||76||31||16 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Career ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Honours
New Zealand Commonwealth Games: 2026 Constellation Cup: 2021, 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy: 2022, 2023
Central Pulse ANZ Premiership Winners: 2019, 2020, 2022 Minor premiers: 2019, 2020, 2022 Netball New Zealand Super Club: 2018
Central Zone National Netball League:' 2018
Individual awards Year Award2020Grand Final MVP
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