Catherine Cox

Personal information

Full name

Catherine Anne Cox

Born

24 May 1976 (age 41)
Whangarei, New Zealand

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Netball career

Playing position(s): GS, GA

Medal record

Representing Australia
Netball World Championships
	2003 Kingston	Netball
	2007 Auckland	Netball
	2011 Singapore	Netball
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Netball
	2006 Melbourne	Netball
	2010 Delhi	Netball
World Netball Series
	2009 Manchester	Fastnet

Last updated: 18 October 2010

Catherine Anne Cox (born 24 May 1976 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is an Australian netball player. Cox has played regularly for the Australian national team since her first appearance in 1997 and is one of only four players with more than 100 test matches. With Australia she won two World Championships and one Commonwealth Games. On club level she was active for the Australian Institute of Sport and Perth Orioles. She had afterwards her most successful time playing for the Sydney Swifts, winning the Australian championships of 2004, 2006, and 2007. In 2008 she captained the Sydney Swift's successor team NSW Swifts when it won the inaugural Trans-Tasman championship. In 2012 and 2014 she joined West Coast Fever and Melbourne Vixens, respectively.

Catherine Cox was born in Whangarei, New Zealand but moved with her family to Australia when she was six.

Cox started playing netball at age 11, starting at the Hills District Netball Association in New South Wales. By 1992 she had represented New South Wales at under 17 level. She was first represented her country at Under 21 level in 1994. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

She was first selected for the Australian national team squad in November 1996 and made her Australian team debut in 1997 against South Africa, aged 21.

Cox's next Australian appearance was in the 1999 Test Series in Australia against England. After a knee operation at the end of 1999, Catherine co-captained the Perth Orioles for the next two seasons. She was selected again in 2000 after the retirement of longstanding shooters Vicki Wilson and Jenny Borlase but did not maintain her place. Her form deteriorated due to injury, a new club, and lack of confidence. She rejoined the Australian Netball Diamonds in 2002 and played in integral part in the victory in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and has been a fixture in the team since.

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