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Full name | Yvonne Mignon Willering | |||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1950-01-15) 15 January 1950 (age 74) The Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional netball coach | |||||||||||||||||||
Netball career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||||||||
1974–1983 | New Zealand national team | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team(s) | |||||||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | New Zealand national team | |||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Fiji national team | |||||||||||||||||||
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Yvonne Mignon Willering CNZM (born 15 January 1950) is a Dutch-born New Zealand netball coach and former representative netball player. Willering played for the New Zealand national netball team – the Silver Ferns – from 1974 to 1983. She was coach of the Silver Ferns from 1997 to 2001, and coach of the Fijian national team from 2002 to 2003.
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Willering was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to netball. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was elevated to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to netball.
References
- "Yvonne Willering". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- "Typhoid-stricken ship to Queen's Birthday Honours for netball legend Yvonne Willering". stuff.co.nz. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- "Queen's Birthday honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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Northern Mystics | |||||
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History |
- 1950 births
- Living people
- New Zealand netball players
- New Zealand netball coaches
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Dutch emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand national netball team coaches
- ANZ Championship coaches
- 1975 World Netball Championships players
- 1979 World Netball Championships players
- 1983 World Netball Championships players
- Northern Mystics coaches
- National Bank Cup coaches
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen