Introduction
Chrisna van Zyl (née Bootha; born 10 August 1983) is a South African netball player. Van Zyl plays in the positions of Goal Shooter (GS) and Goal Attack (GA). She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, among many other tournaments. She has also participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and the 2011 World Netball Series, both held in Liverpool, UK. In October 2012, she travelled with the Proteas to Australia & New Zealand to participate in the Quad-Series tournament.
In November 2012 she was a member of the Proteas Fast5 team in the 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series where she won a bronze medal. She scored several long range "Super Shots" throughout the tournament, a major reason for the Proteas success.
Playing history
| Year(s) | Team |
|---|---|
| 1999 | U/16 S.A Schools |
| 2000 | S.A U/17 |
| 2003-2004 | COSANA Swaziland |
| 2004-2009 | SPAR Proteas Squad |
| 2009 | Tri-Nations vs Fiji & Botswana |
| 2009 | COSANA Games Durban |
| 2010 | Test Series vs Samoa |
| 2010 | AFRICA WNC Qualifying Round |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games New Delhi |
| 2010 | FAST5 World Netball Series Liverpool |
| 2011 | Tri-Nations vs Botswana & Singapore |
| 2011 | Test Series vs Trinidad & Tobago |