Yvonne Mignon Willering CNZM (born 15 January 1950)[1] 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]
.jpg) Willering in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yvonne Mignon Willering | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
15 January 1950 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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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 edit
- ^ "Yvonne Willering". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "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.