| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Chrisna van Zyl (née Bootha) | |||||||||||||
| Born |
(1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): GS, GA | ||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2009–present |
 South Africa | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chrisna van Zyl (née Bootha; born 10 August 1983) is a South African netball player. Van Zyl plays in the positions of Goal Shooter (GS) and Goal Attack (GA). She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, among many other tournaments. She has also participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and the 2011 World Netball Series, both held in Liverpool, UK. In October 2012, she travelled with the Proteas to participate in the 2012 Netball Quad Series.
In November 2012 she was a member of the Proteas Fast5 team in the 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series where she won a bronze medal. She scored several long range "Super Shots" throughout the tournament, a major reason for the Proteas success.
Playing history
| Year(s) | Team |
|---|---|
| 1999 | U/16 S.A Schools |
| 2000 | S.A U/17 |
| 2003-2004 | COSANA Swaziland |
| 2004-2009 | SPAR Proteas Squad |
| 2009 | Tri-Nations vs Fiji & Botswana |
| 2009 | COSANA Games Durban |
| 2010 | Test Series vs Samoa |
| 2010 | AFRICA WNC Qualifying Round |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games New Delhi |
| 2010 | FAST5 World Netball Series Liverpool |
| 2011 | Tri-Nations vs Botswana & Singapore |
| 2011 | Test Series vs Trinidad & Tobago |
References
- Netball South Africa official player profile. Retrieved on 2011-11-29.
- Chrisna Bootha player profile, Netball England website Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2011-11-29.
- Netball South Africa site Archived 2013-01-14 at archive.today
External links
- Netball South Africa official player profile. Retrieved on 2011-11-29.
- Chrisna Bootha player profile, Netball England website. Retrieved on 2011-11-29.
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