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Chrisna van Zyl
Personal information
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
(Correct as of 27 November 2011)

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.[1] She has also participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and the 2011 World Netball Series, both held in Liverpool, UK.[2] In October 2012, she travelled with the Proteas to Australia & New Zealand to participate in the Quad-Series tournament.

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.[3] She scored several long range "Super Shots" throughout the tournament, a major reason for the Proteas success.

Playing history

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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

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