Michael Kingma

Michael Kingma (born 9 August 1979) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Kingma was born in Sydney, Australia. He started his basketball playing as a junior in Manly, NSW. Kingma played for seven seasons in Australia's National Basketball League, including six seasons with the Sydney Kings. He was a member of the Kings' 2003 NBL championship team,^[1] averaging 2.8 points and 1.8 rebounds that year.

For the 2003/04 season Kingma joined the Hunter Pirates, before leaving Australia. He briefly played in Belgium and in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. In 2006 he moved to Sweden to play for Sundsvall Dragons. In 2007 and 2008 he played for Borås Basket, returning to Sundsvall for the 2009/10 season.^[2]

Kingma played in the Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL) for the Rockhampton Rockets.

Currently, for the 2010/11 season, Kingma has signed with British Basketball League team Glasgow Rocks ^[3]

Outside of basketball, Kingma, along with fellow Australian basketballers Axel Dench and David Stiff, played a bit part in Star Wars: Episode III as a Wookiee. Kingma played a character named Tarfful.^[4] The players were chosen as Wookiees for their height; Kingma stands 208 centimeters (6 feet, 10 inches) in height.

References

1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2003
2. ^ Eurobasket statistics for 2009/10 season with Sundsvall
3. ^ Rocks Sign 6'10" Australian/Dutch player Michael Kingma
4. ^ IMDB.com entry for Michael Kingma

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