| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anna Galvan(née Veronese) | |||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (age 46) Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| School | Villa Maria College | |||||||||||||
| University | University of Canterbury; Victoria University, Melbourne; Stanford University | |||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playingposition(s): GK, GD, WD | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Canterbury Flames | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Southern Sting | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Canterbury Tactix | |||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2000–01, 04–05 | New Zealand A | |||||||||||||
| 2002–03 | Silver Ferns | |||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 19 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Anna Galvan (néeVeronese; born 20 November 1978) is a retired New Zealandnetball player.
Galvan had a long netball career, spanning 17 years. During this time she played for twoNational Bank Cup franchises as a defender, with theCanterbury Flames (1997–2002) and theSouthern Sting (2003–2006). She was a key defender in the champion Southern Sting's success as well being a pivotal defender for her original Flames. However, she had a break from netball in 2003 to have her first child, and at the end of the 2006 season to have her second child and a third child was born in 2008. Galvan was enticed to return to top-level competition by signing with theCanterbury Tactix for the 2010 season of theANZ Championship.[1] She retired from all netball at the completion of the 2014 ANZ championship Season.
Galvan has had previous international netball experience including being part of theSilver Ferns from 2000 to 2003.[2] She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where the Silver Ferns lost the Gold Medal match to Australia in heartbreaking fashion, losing in double extra time. Falling pregnant just after the 2002 Commonwealth Games meant that she had to pull out of the Silver Ferns team going to the Netball World Cup, being replaced byLeana de Bruin.[3] Galvan was also part of the New Zealand Under 21 team who went to the World Youth Cup in Canada in 1996, coming second to Australia in the final. She was part of the NZU21's from 1995 - 1998 and the New Zealand A Team in 2000, 2001, 2004 (Captain) and 2005.
Anna and her husband Hugh Galvan have three children. Her eldest, Isabella, is following in her mother's footsteps in competitive netball.[4] Her son, Harry has represented New Zealand in the Junior Men’s 8 at the Super World Rowing Championships in St Catharine’s, Canada in August 2024.
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