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Gina Crampton
Personal information
Full name Gina Crampton
Born (1991-12-07)7 December 1991(age 32)[1][2]
Hamilton, New Zealand[3]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
School Wellington Girls' College
University University of Otago
Otago Polytechnic
Netball career
Playingposition(s):WA, C
Years Club team(s) Apps
2012–2020 Southern Steel 98
2021– Northern Stars
Years National team(s) Caps
2016– New Zealand 63
Medal record
RepresentingNew Zealand
Netball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Liverpool Team
Fast5 Netball World Series
Gold medal – first place 2016 Melbourne Team
Netball at the Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team

Gina Crampton(born 7 December 1991) is aNew Zealand netball international.She was a member of theNew Zealandteams that won the2019 Netball World Cupand the2021 Constellation Cup.Crampton was also a member of theSouthern Steelteams that won the2017and2018 ANZ Premierships.She was named the2016New Zealand ANZ Championship Player of the Year and the2019ANZ Premiership Player of the Year. Crampton has captained both Southern Steel and New Zealand. Since2021she has played forNorthern Stars.

Early life, family and education[edit]

Crampton grew up inWellington.She is the daughter of Ngaire and Colin Crampton. She has one brother, Flynn. Colin Crampton, playedbasketballforNelson GiantsandNew Zealandin the 1980s. He later became chief executive ofWellington Water.[4][5]Between 2005 and 2009, Crampton attendedWellington Girls' College.[6][7][8]In 2009 she captained the school netball team as they played in national secondary schools tournaments.[4][9][10]In 2010 she moved toDunedinto studyphysical educationat theUniversity of Otago.She completed her studiesOtago Polytechnic.[11][12]

Playing career[edit]

Lois Muir Challenge[edit]

In 2010 and 2011, Crampton represented Netball Otago in the Lois Muir Challenge, a second levelNew Zealand netballcompetition that was played concurrently with theANZ Championship.[13][14][15]In 2012 she played for Otago-Southland Remarkables, a combined Netball Otago and Netball Southland team. She was named the 2012 Remarkables MVP.[16][17][18]

Southern Steel[edit]

Between2012and2020,Crampton made 98 senior appearances forSouthern Steel,initially in theANZ Championshipand later in theANZ Premiership.[19][20][21][22]In2016she was a member of the Steel team that finished the season as ANZ Championship minor premiers. She was subsequently named the 2016 New Zealand ANZ Championship Player of the Year.[23][24][25][26]In2017she was a member of the Steel team that won both the inauguralANZ PremiershipandSuper Clubtitles.[27][28][29][30]In2018she was vice-captain toWendy Frewas Steel went onto to retain their title.[31][32][33][34]In2019and2020,together withTe Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit,Crampton co-captained Steel.[35][36][37] In 2019 Crampton was also named the ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.[35][38][39][40]

Northern Stars[edit]

In September 2020, it was announced that Crampton would be switching fromSouthern SteeltoNorthern Starsfor the2021 ANZ Premiership season.[41][42][43]In May 2021, in a Round 2 match againstMainland Tactix,Crampton made her 100th senior league appearance.[21][22]Crampton made herself unavailable for the 2024ANZ Premiershipseason and the rest of the 2023Silver Fernsseason after the 2023 Netball World cup to join her partner inNew York.[44]

ANZ Premiership statistics
Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2017 Steel 0/0 ? 0 422 ? 3 10 28 22 16
2018 Steel 0/0 ? 0 462 ? 9 14 42 72 17
2019 Steel 0/0 ? 0 364 686 8 10 19 61 16
2020 Steel 0/0 ? 0 319 434 4 7 31 33 14
2021 Stars 0/0 ? 0 359 642 3 5 30 44 15
2022 Stars 0/0
Career

Giants[edit]

Initially Crampton indented to take a year off international netball and theANZ Premiership2024 season, however she was signed as a training partner for theGiants Netball.

New Zealand[edit]

Crampton made her senior debut forNew Zealandon 9 October 2016 in the first test of the2016 Constellation Cupseries againstAustralia.She had previously represented New Zealand at under-21 level and won the Aspiring Silver Fern award at the 2015 New Zealand Netball Awards.[1][45][46][47]She was a prominent member of the New Zealand team that won the2019 Netball World Cup.[48][49] Ahead of the2020 Netball Nations Cup,Crampton was included in the New Zealand leadership group. Together withJane Watson,she was named vice captain asAmeliaranne Ekenasiobecame captain.[5][50]She was also a member of the New Zealand team that won the2021 Constellation Cup.[51]On 3 March 2021, during the same series, Crampton, alongside Watson, co-captained the team in the absence of Ekenasio.[52]She was subsequently appointed New Zealand captain for the2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series,[5][20][53][54][55][56]the2022 Netball Quad Series[57][58]and the2022 Commonwealth Games.[59][60]

Tournaments Place
2016 Constellation Cup[45][61] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series[62] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)[63] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)[64] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[65][66] 1st
2017 Constellation Cup[67] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Netball Quad Series (September)[68] 3rd
2018 Constellation Cup[69][70][71] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Netball Quad Series[1][72] 3rd
2019 Netball World Cup[1][48][49] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Netball Nations Cup[73] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[74] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Constellation Cup[51][52][75] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[55] 2nd
2022 Netball Quad Series[57][58] 3rd
2022 Commonwealth Games[59][60] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 Netball Quad Series[76][77] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Netball World Cup[78][79] 4th

Personal life[edit]

Crampton is in a relationship withFaʻasui Fuatai,a formerNew Zealand national rugby sevens teamandunder-20 rugby union teamplayer.[5][7][8]

Honours[edit]

New Zealand
Southern Steel
Individual Awards
Year Award
2015[1][80] Aspiring Silver Fern
2016[24][25][26] New Zealand ANZ Championship Player of the Year
2019[35][39][40] ANZ Premiership Player of the Year

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