Sharelle McMahon (born August 12, 1977) is a current member of the Australia national netball team. She plays the goal attack position, and is renowned for her amazing speed in a sprint, dodge, or pass, and phenomenal reflexes and elevation. In addition to these qualities, Sharelle is known as a greater "finisher", always sinking shots with high accuracy and maintaining composure in the toughest situations.

She first started playing for australia at age 20, making her international debut against Jamaica in Jamaica. She has played with the Melbourne Phoenix since 1997, and co-captain since 2004. She says her career highlights are shooting the winning goal at the 1999 World champonshipds and 2002 commonwealth games.

Sharelle McMahon became a household name on October 2, 1999 when she shot the winning goal for Australia to defeat New Zealand in the dying seconds of the World Netball championships Grand Final.

Brought on at half-time during the final of the world championships, the following moments would be career-defining for Sharelle, her composure to shoot the winning-goal on the buzzer had people marvelling world-wide at the mcmahon magic. she focused on the process of shooting just one more goal rather than the outcome. she said "i don't really remember what was going through my head when i shot that goal. When Donna Loffhagen took her last shot, I remember thinking we were going to lose. But we got the rebound from Donna's shot, and i snapped out of that and back into playing. When the ball was in my hands i didn't know there was only one second left- i was just playing netball." Sharelle is regarded by many as one of the world's best netballers.

Having begun playing netball at age seven, McMahon has become one of the game's star players. She is the current captain of the Melbourne Phoenix, and was acting captain of the Australian team during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne as Liz Ellis was injured and unable to participate. Sharelle first caught the eye of national selectors in 1996 with a spectacular performance in the Victorian Under 21 team, which won the Qantas nationals.

She was chosen in the Australian Under 21 team the following month.

She remained in the under 21 team in 1997 and was a member of the Melbourne Phoenix team, which won the inaugural Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 1997 and again won the trophy in 2000.

Sharelle was a member of Melbourne Phoenix when they won the Commonwealth Bank Trophy for a record third time in the six year old competition.

In 1998 she was the youngest member of the Australian team which won the inaugural netball gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

In 2002, Sharelle was again a member of the Australian team when it successfully defended its Commonwealth Games title in Manchester. Sharelle is an extremely athletic goaler who possesses great speed and accuracy. Sharelle is just so athletic. She is such a match winner, she has done it so many times for Australia

1977 births | Living people | Australian netball players