Rohanee Cox

Rohanee "Roey" Cox (born 23 April 1980) is an Australian former professional basketball player. She was one of the first Aboriginal Australians to represent her country in basketball at the Olympics and won a silver medal with the Opals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx, Townsville Fire, West Coast Waves and Sydney Uni Flames. She has also played in the State Basketball League for the Willetton Tigers, and has spent time in the Queensland Basketball League with the Townsville Flames, Mackay Meteroettes and Cairns Dolphins.

Early life Cox, nicknamed Roey, She is an Indigenous Australian, and well-known in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. and has a daughter named Alyriah. She has also encouraged her daughter to play basketball, signing her up for a local league. The WNBL and Yahoo!Sport list her height as . FIBA lists her height as . On her back, she has a tattoo that means "last chance", which she had done in 2006. She played for the Perth Lynx in 1999/2000, and 2002/2003. In a January 2008 game against Bendigo, she scored 23 points in an 83–78 win for Townsville. She was named in the WNBL's All-Star Five this season. She was the league's leading scorer that season. although she had to miss the first ten weeks of the season because of a knee injury.

National team Cox was one of the first Aboriginal Australians to represent her country in basketball at the Olympics. She participated in the 2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women. She averaged 9.3 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game. On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra-hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship. Her team took a gold in the Oceania Championships.

Recognition Cox has won several honours, including: 2007: Maher Medal for International Player of the Year NAIDOC Sportsperson of the Year

In August 2021, Cox was inducted into the Basketball WA Hall of Fame. In November 2025, she was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions.