Natalie Panagarry

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Nat Panagarry
Personal information
Full nameNatalie Panagarry
Born (1990-12-27) 27 December 1990 (age 34) [1]
Preston, England
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1]
School Arnold School [2]
University Leeds Beckett [1]
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2009 Leeds Carnegie
2015-present Loughborough Lightning
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2016–present [3] Flag of England.svg  England 18 [4]
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Netball World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Liverpool Netball
Last updated: May 2025

Nat Panagarry (born 27 December 1990) is an English netballer who has won back-to-back Netball Super League titles as captain of Loughborough Lightning and a Bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. [1] [3] [5]

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Early life and education

Panagarry started playing netball at the age of 9. She attended Leeds Beckett University. [6]

Club career

Panagarry played for Yorkshire Jets while she studied at Leeds Beckett University. [6]

Loughborough Lightning

She took a break from netball to work full time and travel, before being recruited to Loughborough Lightning by coach Karen Atkinson. [7] She won her first Super League title with Lightning in 2021 before captaining the team to back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024. [8] Panagarry has made 6 Super League grand finals and was named in the Netball Super League All Star VII in 2019 and 2024. [6] Lightning made the 2025 Super League grand final but they lost 45-53 to London Pulse to finish runners up.

International career

Panagarry made her England Roses debut in 2016 against Australia have representing England at Under-17 and Under-19 level. [6] [7]

She was selected in the England squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup, where the team won a Bronze medal. [4]

Personal life

She became engaged during the 2023 Covid-19 lockdown period and married her wife Katie in November 2023. [9] She has spoken about the support that netball provided as her wife underwent cancer treatment throughout the 2023-24 season. [10] [11]

Honours

England

Loughborough Lightning

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Leeds Beckett alumni set to represent England netball". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk.
  2. ↑ "Natalie nets place in England squad". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 "Beth Cobden, Natalie Panagarry and Hannah Joseph join Loughborough". Sky Sports.
  4. 1 2 "England squad for the Vitality Netball World Cup revealed". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "BBG girls net top prize with Natalie". The Press.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Nat Panagarry". Netball Super League. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 client (24 October 2019). "Where It All Began: Nat Panagarry". England Netball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Netball Super League 2024: Loughborough Lightning beat Manchester Thunder in final". BBC Sport. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Off The Court: Nat Panagarry shares her experience as an LGBT+ athlete in netball". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Reid, James (9 February 2023). "'She is my superhero': How Nat Panagarry returned to netball after wife's cancer diagnosis". Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Nat Panagarry: Loughborough Lightning captain opens up on wife's treatment for cancer". BBC Sport. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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