Natalie Panagarry
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| Full name | Natalie Panagarry | |||||||||||||
| Born |
27 December 1990[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 | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Leeds Carnegie | |||||||||||||
| 2015-present | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present[3] |
 England | 18[4] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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]
Early life and education
[edit]Panagarry started playing netball at the age of 9. She attended Leeds Beckett University.[6]
Club career
[edit]Panagarry played for Yorkshire Jets while she studied at Leeds Beckett University.[6]
Loughborough Lightning
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]England
[edit]- Netball World Cup: Bronze: 2019
Loughborough Lightning
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Leeds Beckett alumni set to represent England netball". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk.
- ^ "Natalie nets place in England squad". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Beth Cobden, Natalie Panagarry and Hannah Joseph join Loughborough". Sky Sports.
- ^ a b "England squad for the Vitality Netball World Cup revealed". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
- ^ "BBG girls net top prize with Natalie". The Press.
- ^ a b c d "Nat Panagarry". Netball Super League. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ a b client (24 October 2019). "Where It All Began: Nat Panagarry". England Netball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Netball Super League 2024: Loughborough Lightning beat Manchester Thunder in final". BBC Sport. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Off The Court: Nat Panagarry shares her experience as an LGBT+ athlete in netball". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nat Panagarry: Loughborough Lightning captain opens up on wife's treatment for cancer". BBC Sport. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- English netball players
- Living people
- Netball Superleague players
- 1990 births
- People educated at Arnold School
- Alumni of Leeds Beckett University
- 2019 Netball World Cup players
- Loughborough Lightning netball players
- Yorkshire Jets players
- LGBTQ netball players
- England international Fast5 players
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- England international netball players