Natalie Haythornthwaite
Natalie 'Nat' Haythornthwaite (born 9 December 1992) is an English netball player.[2][3] She was part of the England squad that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[4] Haythornthwaite played for Manchester Thunder and Wasps Netball in the English Superleague, winning consecutive premierships with the Wasps in 2017 and 2018.[5] She played for the New South Wales Swifts in the Australian Super Netball league as a replacement player for some games in late 2018, before being permanently picked up by the Swifts for the 2019 season.[6][1] Despite an injury-interrupted start to the season, Haythornthwaite was selected in the England 12-player squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[7]
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Born |
Barrowford, England | 9 December 1992|||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
School | Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School | |||||||||||||||
University | University of Leeds & Leeds Beckett University | |||||||||||||||
Netball career | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position(s): WA, GA | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Yorkshire Jets | |||||||||||||||
2016 | Manchester Thunder | |||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Wasps Netball | |||||||||||||||
2018–present | New South Wales Swifts | |||||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||||
2015–present | England | 46 | ||||||||||||||
(Correct as of 8 July 2019[1]) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She signed a contract extension with the Swifts through to the end of the 2020 season.[8]
References
- "Nat Haythornthwaite (player profile)". nwc2019.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- "Natalie Haythornthwaite". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "Natalie Haythornthwaite ready to tackle Aussies on home turf in Commonwealth Games". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "Result - Netball Gold Medal Match". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "Natalie Haythornthwaite signs for Wasps Netball". Sky Sports. 2 September 2016.
- "Natalie Haythornthwaite: England attacker leaves Wasps Netball to join NSW Swifts". BBC Sport. 3 September 2018.
- "England squad for the Vitality Netball World Cup revealed". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
- "Garbin And Haythornthwaite Re-sign With Swifts". Super Netball. 15 August 2019.