Geva Mentor
Geva Kate Mentor CBE (born 17 September 1984) is a former England netball international. She has competed for England in six Commonwealth Games. She was a member of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the England teams that won the bronze medal at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups. She captained England at the 2015 Netball World Cup.
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Geva Mentor with her 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Geva Kate Mentor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 September 1984 Bournemouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Peter's Catholic School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Swinburne University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing position(s): GK, GD, WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Team Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Surrey Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Melbourne Vixens | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sunshine Coast Lightning | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Collingwood Magpies | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024- | Leeds Rhinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2023 | England | 175 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mentor was a member of the Team Bath teams that won the 2005–06 and 2006–07 Netball Superleague titles. In 2008 she began playing in the ANZ Championship, winning premierships with the 2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds and the 2014 Melbourne Vixens. She captained the Sunshine Coast Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. Since 2019, Mentor has captained Collingwood Magpies in Suncorp Super Netball.
At the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games she read the Athletes Oath during the Opening Ceremony. In 2019 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to netball.