GODFREY Leigh

Australia
Baseball/Softball
26 Apr 1989
32
Female
MELBOURNE, VIC
 
Australia
PERTH, WA
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BSB Baseball/Softball Softball
AUS
Australia
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#1
AUS
Australia
1
JPN
Japan
8
Finished
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#6
ITA
Italy
0
AUS
Australia
1
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#7
AUS
Australia
1
CAN
Canada
7
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#10
AUS
Australia
1
USA
United States
2
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#15
MEX
Mexico
4
AUS
Australia
1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Softball World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Softball2014Haarlem, NED
3Softball2012Whitehorse, YT, CAN
4Softball2018Chiba, JPN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
4Softball2017Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Australia Pacific Cup
RankEventYearLocation
2Softball2020Blacktown, NSW, AUS
2Softball2018Blacktown, NSW, AUS
4Softball2019Blacktown, NSW, AUS
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Fitness Centre Worker
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Radford University, United States of America
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English
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Freemantle Mariners [Perth, WA, AUS]
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Laing Harrow [national], AUS
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Outfield (Softball Australia, 01 Jan 2019)
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Bats left, throws right (softballamerica.com, 01 Feb 2020)
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Her mother Robyn and her aunt Sue both played softball, including representing Australia. (The Sunday Times Perth, 09 Feb 2020; softball.org.au, 17 Dec 2019)
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She has played baseball for Australia, including as part of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup in Miyazaki, Japan. (wbsc.org, 08 Mar 2021)
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She began playing softball at age eight. (softball.org.au, 12 Oct 2014)
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She followed her family into the sport. Her mother and her aunt both played and her father was her junior coach. "There re­ally was never going to be any escaping it [softball]. I've loved it since I was a kid and it's been my life for a long period of time." (The Sunday Times Perth, 09 Feb 2020; softball.org.au, 17 Dec 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 28 Jul 2020)
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She trains six days a week at the Western Australian Institute of Sport [WAIS] in Perth, WA, Australia. (The Sunday Times Perth, 09 Feb 2020)
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While playing in the Netherlands in 2013 she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association [KNBSB]. The same year she was also named Player of the Grand Final at the national championship in Australia. (softball.org, 01 Dec 2020; diamondfitness.com.au, 01 Jan 2020)

In 2009 and 2019 she was named Best Batter at the national championship in Australia. (softball.org, 01 Dec 2020)

While playing for Radford University in the United States of America in 2009 she was named the Big South Conference's Freshman of the Year. (winthropeagles.com, 06 May 2009)

In 2008 she was named Junior Female Athlete of the Year by Softball Australia. (radfordathletics.com, 01 Sep 2009; wais.org.au, 20 Oct 2008)

General Interest

General
TOKYO CONFIDENCE
She believes the Australian team can overcome the United States of America and Japan to claim gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "If we do our home­work on them and put to­gether a good seven in­nings we are def­i­nitely in with a shot of beat­ing them. We will have to play re­ally well as every­one does, but all the teams that are over there will def­i­nitely be beat­able and I think we have the per­son­nel to do it. I'll be dis­ap­pointed with any­thing short of a medal." (The Sunday Times Perth, 09 Feb 2020)

VETERAN PLAYER
She will be 32 at the rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and believes she has improved as she has gotten older, both in her fitness and psychologically. "In general, I am a better and more rounded player than I was five years ago. I would never have thought I'd be saying that at 30, so I'm happy with that. But as you get older you get wiser in certain situations. You tend to comprehend things a little bit differently and rely on your experience. Although I'm physically fitter than I have been in the past, I've also grown mentally. I've definitely evolved and hopefully become a better player." (softball.org.au, 17 Dec 2019)

OCCUPATION
She works as a fitness industry professional in Perth, WA, Australia. She has previously worked in sales for a baseball, softball and tee-ball business and in member services for football sporting body Football West. (Facebook profile, 01 Mar 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2020; diamondfitness.com.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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