Gretel Bueta (born 3 July 1993), originally known as Gretel Tippett, is a former Australia netball international. Bueta was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. In 2019 she was awarded the Liz Ellis Diamond and was named Australian International Player of the Year. In 2022 she was named the Netball Scoop World's Best Netballer. In 2014 she made her ANZ Championship debut with New South Wales Swifts. She was subsequently a member of the Queensland Firebirds teams that won the 2015 and 2016 ANZ Championships. In 2018, 2019 and 2022 she was included in the Super Netball Team of the Year. Tippett started her sporting career as a basketball player and represented Australia at various youth levels and played for the Australian Institute of Sport and Logan Thunder in the Women's National Basketball League.

Early life, family and education Tippett was born and raised in Gold Coast, Queensland. She is the daughter of Tony and Janet Tippett. Her two older brothers, Kurt Tippett and Joel Tippett, are former AFL footballers. Tippett attended All Saints Anglican School. She was a member of the class of 2010. The school now hosts an annual inter-school netball tournament known as the Gretel Tippett Trophy. She attended Griffith University and studied for a Bachelors of Nutrition, Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. In 2020, she married Niko Bueta. Together the couple have three children.

Basketball WNBL During the 2010–11 WNBL season, Tippett played for both the Australian Institute of Sport and Logan Thunder. She finished the season as WNBL Rookie of the Year. She missed the entire 2011–12 WNBL season after coming down with glandular fever and would subsequently switch to playing netball.

Australia Between 2009 and 2011, Tippett represented Australia at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.

Tournaments Place2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women5th 2009 FIBA Oceania U16 Championship for Women1st2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women7th2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women4th

Netball Playing career Queensland In 2012, while recovering from glandular fever, Tippett started playing social netball to keep fit. This led to an invitation to play for Gold Coast Jaguars in the Queensland state netball league. By 2013, she was playing for Queensland Fusion in the Australian Netball League and for Queensland under-21s in the Australian National Netball Championships. She was also added to the 2013 Queensland Firebirds roster as a temporary replacement player for the injured Chelsea Pitman.

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts coach, Rob Wright saw Tippett play in the Australian National Netball Championships and, shortly after, invited her to join Swifts. She played for Swifts during the 2014 ANZ Championship season. On 31 March 2014, she made her ANZ Championship debut for Swifts in a Round 5 match against Central Pulse. She came on as final quarter substitute for Caitlin Thwaites and scored six goals from eleven attempts.

Queensland Firebirds Between 2015 and 2022, Tippett played for Queensland Firebirds, initially in the ANZ Championship and later in Super Netball. She was a member of the Queensland Firebirds teams that won the 2015 and 2016 ANZ Championships. In both 2018 and 2019, she was included in the Super Netball Team of the Year. In 2019, now known as Gretel Bueta, she was also awarded the Liz Ellis Diamond. Bueta missed the 2020 season due to pregnancy. However, she was still named as vice-captain and helped coach the team. On 15 May 2022, during a Round 9 match against Collingwood Magpies, Bueta made her 100th senior league appearance. In 2022 she was included in the Super Netball Team of the Year for a third time.

Johor Jewels In 2026, Bueta played for Johor Jewels in Malaysia's Netball Super League. Her teammates included Laura Langman.

Australia Tippett initially represented Australia at the 2013 World Youth Netball Championship and at the 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series. On 22 October 2015, she made her senior debut for Australia against New Zealand in the second test of the 2015 Constellation Cup. Starting at wing attack, she helped Australia turn a two-goal deficit into a 10-goal win. At the time, Clare McMeniman described Tippett's debut as one of the best ever. She was subsequently a member of the Australia team that were silver medallists at the 2019 Netball World Cup. In 2019 she was awarded the Liz Ellis Diamond and was named Australian International Player of the Year. Now known as Gretel Bueta, she was a prominent member of the Australia team that won the 2022 Netball Quad Series and was named both player of the final and the series. She was again prominent as Australia won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, scoring 253 goals across the tournament with a 96% shooting accuracy. In December 2022, she was named the Netball Scoop World's Best Netballer.

Tournaments Place2013 World Youth Netball Championship2nd2013 Fast5 Netball World Series2nd2015 Constellation Cup2016 Constellation Cup2016 Fast5 Netball World Series2nd2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)2017 Fast5 Netball World Series3rd2018 Netball Quad Series (January)2018 Netball Quad Series (September)2018 Constellation Cup2019 Netball Quad Series2019 Netball World Cup2019 Constellation Cup2022 Netball Quad Series2022 Commonwealth Games

Honours Australia Netball World Cup Runners up: 2019 Commonwealth Games Winners: 2022 Constellation Cup Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Runners Up: 2021 Netball Quad Series Winners: 2018 (September), 2018 (January), 2019, 2022 Runners Up: 2017 (August/September) Queensland Firebirds ANZ Championship Winners: 2015, 2016 Individual Awards Year Award2010–11WNBL Rookie of the Year 2018Super Netball Team of the Year2019Super Netball Team of the Year2019Liz Ellis Diamond 2019Australian International Player of the Year2022Super Netball Team of the Year2022Netball Scoop World's Best Netballer

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