Michael Kingma
 Kingma in his Flames uniform in 2012 | |
| No. 20 – Rockhampton Rockets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | Queensland Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 9 August 1979 Manly, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian / Dutch |
| Listed height | 207 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 120 kg (265 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1997–present |
| Career history | |
| 1997–2003 | Sydney Kings (Australia) |
| 2003–2004 | Hunter Pirates (Australia) |
| 2004 | Otago Nuggets (New Zealand) |
| 2004–2005 | Scarlet Vilvoorde (Belgium) |
| 2005–2006 | Aris Leeuwarden (Netherlands) |
| 2006–2007 | Sundsvall Dragons (Sweden) |
| 2007–2009 | Borås Basket (Sweden) |
| 2009–2010 | Sundsvall Dragons (Sweden) |
| 2010–2011 | Glasgow Rocks (Scotland) |
| 2012–2013 | GasTerra Flames (Netherlands) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Michael Kingma (born 9 August 1979) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Kingma was born in Manly, New South Wales, where he started his basketball playing as a junior. Kingma played 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, 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.
Kingma played in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) for the Rockhampton Rockets and the Mackay Meteors winning championships in 2010 (Rockets) and 2011 (Meteors).
For the 2010–11 season, Kingma played for British Basketball League team Glasgow Rocks. For the 2012–13 season, he played for the GasTerra Flames in the Netherlands. In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Rockhampton Rockets, winning championships in both years. He returned to the Rockets for the 2015 season.[2]
Outside of basketball, Kingma, along with fellow Australian basketballers Axel Dench and David Stiff, played a part in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Tarfful. Kingma played a character named Tarfful.[3] The players were chosen as Wookiees for their height; Kingma is 207 centimeters (6 feet, 10 inches) tall.