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Full name | Mirth Solomon (née Te Moananui) | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Paeroa, New Zealand | 22 April 1939||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
School |
Paeroa District High School Queen Victoria School | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Schoolteacher | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Roger Solomon
(m. 1964; died 2002) | ||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Netball career | |||||||||||||||||
Playing position(s): GS | |||||||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||
1963–1967 | New Zealand | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mirth Solomon (née Te Moananui; born 22 April 1939) is a former New Zealand netball player who competed for New Zealand in the 1963 and 1967 World Netball Championships, winning a silver and gold medal. After retiring, she played an important role with Netball Rotorua, retiring in 2016 after 15 years as its president. She was inducted into the Māori Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
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