Misplaced Pages

Cara Koenen

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Australian netball player

Cara Koenen
Personal information
Born (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)
Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
School Cathedral School, Townsville
Relatives sister: Breanna (AFLW Brisbane Lions Captain), brother: Dirk (AFL Gold Coast Academy)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2017– Sunshine Coast Lightning
Years National team(s) Caps
2021- Australian Diamonds
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Netball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cape Town Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team

Cara Koenen (born 27 February 1996) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning, which she also serves as the club's Australian Netball Players’ Association delegate.

Koenan was a foundation player at the Lightning ahead of the club's inaugural season in 2017. She has remained at the club since that time and was most recently re-signed for the 2020 season. She is the only netballer in the league to have originated from Magnetic Island, which is off the coast of Townsville in northern Queensland.

On 10 July 2021, Koenen played her 50th national league game, all for the Lightning.

Koenen came off the bench to play goal shooter in the gold medal match at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, scoring 15 goals from 15 shots to help Australia win against Jamaica 55–51.

References

  1. ^ "Cara Koenan". Suncorp Super Netball.
  2. "ANPA Staff". Australian Netball Players' Association. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. "Lightning provides 2019 player preview". Sunshine Coast Lightning. 1 January 2019.
  4. "Five Lightning Players Ink New Deals". Super Netball. 15 August 2019.
  5. "Koenen's journey from Maggie Island to netball champ". Sunshine Coast Daily. 20 August 2018.
  6. "Lightning hand Fever second straight loss". Super Netball. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. "Australia celebrate Commonwealth Netball gold". birmingham2022.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. Chadband, Ian (8 August 2022). "Diamonds win 1000th Australian Games gold". AAP. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

External links

Sunshine Coast Lightning 2017 Suncorp Super Netball winners (1st Premiership)
Players
Coaches
Sunshine Coast Lightning 2018 Suncorp Super Netball winners (2nd Premiership)
Players
Coaches
Australia netball squad at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (1st place)
Players
Coaches
Australia squad at the 2023 Netball World Cup (1st place)
Players
Coaches
Categories: