Lenize Potgieter

Lenize Potgieter
Personal information
Born (1994-05-02) May 2, 1994
Polokwane, South Africa
Height 1.88cm
School Die Hoërskool Menlopark
University University of Pretoria
Occupation Netball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2017–present Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic[1]
2016 Team Bath[2]
Years National team(s) Caps
2014–present South Africa 39

Lenize Potgieter is a South African Netball player who plays for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Premiership[3] and for South Africa internationally. She plays at either the goal shoot or goal attack position.

Early life

Potgieter was born in Polokwane, Limpopo before moving to Pretoria to pursue and further her studies and netball career. She has played netball for the past fourteen years.

Career

Lenize has represented her province of Limpopo at respective provincial netball tournaments. She played for the Gauteng Jaguars in the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup for three years as well as represented her university in the local varsity championship.[4] Also, she earned her first international cap in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Potgieter was also in the Spar Proteas squad that competed against the Silver Ferns in the Taini Jamieson Trophy whereby she displayed some excellent netball and earned the MVP award despite the Spar Proteas losing to the world ranked number two. She also got selected to represent her country at the 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia whereby the Spar Proteas finished in fifth. The following year she got signed by Team Bath[5] in the Netball Superleague before being snapped up by Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic[1] in 2017 and currently plays for the club in the ANZ Premiership.

References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile". ANZ Premiership Netball. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Lenize Potgieter and Karla Mostert have signed for Team Bath". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  3. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (2017-03-24). "South African shooter Lenize Potgieter full of excitement ahead of Magic debut". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ↑ VarsitySportsSA. "Lenize Potgieter". Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Lenize Potgieter | Team Bath". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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