Cushla Lichtwark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Cushla Myra Arama Lichtwark [1] 29 November 1980 Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Netball player, footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cushla Myra Arama Lichtwark (born 29 November 1980) is a New Zealand netball player and a former footballer.
She played netball in the ANZ Championship for the Central Pulse since the inaugural season of the Wellington-based in 2008, [2] and became captain of the side in 2009. [3] She also became a member of the New Zealand Accelerant Group since 2008. [4]
After retiring from professional netball in 2011, she began her football career, which she had played as a child. [5] She was first called up to the New Zealand women's national team in January 2015 for friendlies against Denmark, [6] and again in February for matches against North Korea and Australia. [7] She was again called up for matches against Spain in March 2015, [8] and on 13 May was included in New Zealand's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, despite having no international caps. [9] [1] In late 2015, she was called up for friendlies against Brazil, [10] before being called up in January 2016 for Olympic qualifying against Papua New Guinea. [11] She received her last call up for matches against Australia in June 2016, [12] but never made an international appearance.