Kendra Slawinski
Kendra Slawinski (born Kendra Lowe on 13 December 1962) is a former England netball international. She earned 128 senior caps for England between 1983 and 1995, playing mainly at goal defense and goal keeper.
She represented England at four World Netball Championships (1983, 1987, 1991, 1995) and three World Games (1985, 1989, 1993). Slawinski captained England at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games. She earned her 100th cap in 1993 and her 128th in 1995 against the Cook Islands. For many years she was the world’s most capped netball international, until Irene van Dyk surpassed her in 2005.
In 1996 she was awarded an OBE for her services to netball and she was an inaugural inductee into England Netball’s Hall of Fame in 2001. She is the daughter of Lili and Kenny Lowe Sr and grew up in Billingham; her brother Kenny Lowe is a former footballer.
Slawinski studied at De Montfort University. In coaching, she led Birmingham Blaze during the Super Cup era and later served as assistant coach for the Galleria Mavericks in 2007–08, taking them to the grand final, and then as Mavericks’ head coach in 2008–09, guiding them to another grand final.
Off the court, she taught at Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Luton since 1986. She retired on 19 July 2024 from her role as Assistant Headteacher after 39 years of service.
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