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| Born | Grace Rasmussen (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relative(s) | Rachel Rasmussen (sister) Roma Rasmussen (sister) Ann Helen Nu'uali'itia (sister)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grace Kara[3] (née Rasmussen; born 18 March 1988 inAuckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealandnetball player ofSamoan descent.[4] Kara played in theNational Bank Cup for theAuckland Diamonds from 2005 to 2007. She continued playing in Auckland for theNorthern Mystics in theANZ Championship, starting in 2008. She is the younger sister of fellow Mystics playerRachel Rasmussen and she is also the older sister ofAnn-Helen Rasmussen.
Kara was a member of the New Zealand U21 team from 2004 to 2009, winning gold (2005) and silver (2009) medals at the World Youth National Championships. In 2009, she travelled with the senior national team, theSilver Ferns, as a member of their extended training squad.[1] Kara earned a place in the Silver Ferns lineup the following year,[5] making her debut against Samoa.[6] She later travelled to Delhi for the2010 Commonwealth Games, and was named in the 2010 Fastnet Ferns for theWorld Netball Series.[7]
She suffered a season ending ACL injury in 2011, which left her out of the end of year squad. She made the squad again for the 2012–13 season, and was named in the twelve for the Australian leg of the 2012 Quad Series, but a stress fracture left her unable to take part.[8]
In 2017 she joinedNorthern Stars where she almost immediately became the captain of theANZ Premiership team.[9] In 2018 she announced that she is pregnant.[10][11]
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