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Karen Atkinson (netball)

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Karen Atkinson
MBE
Personal information
Full name Karen Helen Atkinson (née Aspinall)
Born (1978-06-07) 7 June 1978 (age 46)
Wigan, England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
Years Club team(s) Apps
2004 Capital Shakers
2005–2006 Loughborough Lightning
2006–2011 Hertfordshire Mavericks
2008 West Coast Fever 12
Years National team(s) Caps
1997–2011  England
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
Hertfordshire Mavericks
2014–2017 Loughborough Lightning
Medal record
Representing  England
Netball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Christchurch Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Singapore Netball
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Netball
World Netball Series
Silver medal – second place 2010 Liverpool Fastnet
Last updated: 25 October 2018

Karen Helen Atkinson MBE (née Aspinall; born 7 June 1978) is an English netball coach and former international netball player. Atkinson first represented England in netball in 1994, and was selected for the senior England team in 1997.[1] During her international career, she has won bronze medals at three Commonwealth Games (1998, 2006 and 2010), as well as in the 1999 Netball World Championships.[2] She also won silver with the England team at the 2010 World Netball Series in Liverpool.

In domestic netball, Atkinson played for the Hertfordshire Mavericks in the Netball Superleague, after having played an initial season with the Loughborough Lightning.[3] She also played one season of the National Bank Cup in New Zealand with the Capital Shakers (2004), and one season in the Australasian ANZ Championship with the West Coast Fever (2008).[2][4]

Atkinson retired from netball in 2011 and has since coached Hertfordshire Mavericks, Loughborough Lightning and the England Fast5 team.[5][6][7]

Atkinson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to netball.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "England Netball profile". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b McFadden, Suzanne (16 November 2007). "Atkinson's leap of faith". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Mavericks Squad 2009/10". Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ Garnham, Emily (8 February 2008). "An interview with Karen Atkinson". Daily Express. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  5. ^ Rush, Richard (6 January 2014). "Doctors and netball star receive New Year Honours". loughboroughecho.net. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Karen Atkinson named Loughborough Lightning coach". BBC Sport. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. ^ Prenderville, Paul (22 August 2018). "Karen Atkinson to lead England in Fast5 World Series title defence". Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 15.
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