Facts: - weight kg: 120 - number: 20 - position: center - years: 1997 2005 2005 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2009 -- 2009 -- 2010 2010 -- 2011 2012 -- 2013 2003 2003 -- 2004 2004 2004 -- - caption: kingma in his flames uniform in 2012 - league: queensland basketball league - team: rockhampton -lrb- australia -rrb- otago nuggets -lrb- new zealand -rrb- scarlet rockets vilvoorde -lrb- belgium -rrb- aris leeuwarden -lrb- netherlands -rrb- sundsvall sydney dragons -lrb- sweden -rrb- boras basket -lrb- sweden -rrb- sundsvall kings dragons -lrb- sweden -rrb- glasgow rocks -lrb- scotland -rrb- gasterra -lrb- flames -lrb- netherlands -rrb- australia -rrb- hunter pirates - birth date: 9 august 1979 - height cm: 207 - name: michael kingma - nationality: australian / dutch - image: michael kingma 2012-2013 . jpg - birth place: manly , new south wales - career start: 1997 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael kingma .
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michael kingma -lrb- born 9 august 1979 -rrb- 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 , 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 boras basket , returning to sundsvall for the 2009 -- 10 season .kingma played in the queensland basketball league -lrb- qbl -rrb- for the rockhampton rockets and the mackay meteors winning championships in 2010 -lrb- rockets -rrb- and 2011 -lrb- meteors -rrb- .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 .outside of basketball , kingma , along with fellow australian basketballers axel dench and david stiff , played a part in as wookiees .kingma played a character named tarfful .the players were chosen as wookiees for their height ; kingma is 207 centimeters -lrb- 6 feet , 10 inches -rrb- tall .