Maryka Holtzhausen

Maryka Holtzhausen (born 2 June 1987) is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of GA and WA. She is a member of the South Africa national netball team, and competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore. She also participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and the 2011 World Netball Series, both held in Liverpool, UK. She played in the 2012 Quad Series, and in the same year, she won a bronze medal in 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series with the Fast5 Proteas.

Maryka Holtzhausen
Personal information
Born (1987-06-02) 2 June 1987
Kempton Park, South Africa[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
School Hoërskool Kempton Park
University University of the Free State
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2015 Loughborough Lightning
2018-present Severn Stars
Years National team(s) Caps
 South Africa 99[1]

Holtzhausen was the first player from her country to line up in the UK's leading competition, the Netball Superleague, joining Loughborough Lightning for the 2015 season.[2] She has also played for Free State Crinums and Spar Proteas She's played for Severn Stars for the 2018 season and she'll be back for the 2019 season.[3]

In November 2018 Holtzhausen was the second player in South Africa national netball team history to receive her 100th cap.

References
  1. Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 - Player profile Maryka Holtzhausen, Retrieven on 2017-02-05
  2. "Netball.org". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. Netball South Africa - Player profile Maryka Holtzhausen Retrieved on 2017-02-05
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