Yvonne Willering
.jpg) Willering in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yvonne Mignon Willering | |||||||||||||
| Born |
January 1950 [1] 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 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yvonne Mignon Willering CNZM (born 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.[2]
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.[3] In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was elevated to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to netball.[4]
References
- ^ "Netball: Only as good as your last game". nzherald.co.nz. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Profile at silverferns.co.nz
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