Helen Housby (born 19 January 1995 in

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) is a professional

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2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

taking England to a historic win over Australia in Queensland. Housby has also completed two years of her zoology degree course at the

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. Housby was a key member of the England netball team that won the gold medal match against Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia - she scored in the final second of the game to give victory to England by one point. The England team had beaten Jamaica in the semi-final match by a single point, also from a last-minute goal. Jamaica had narrowly defeated England in Glasgow 2014 to take the bronze medal. By the time Housby was selected in the final 12-player squad for England's

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matche ...

campaign, she had 58 caps to her name.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Housby, Helen Living people 1995 births English netball players Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Netball Superleague players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games New South Wales Swifts players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in netball 2019 Netball World Cup players English expatriate netball people in Australia Manchester Thunder players 2015 Netball World Cup players Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games