Joanne Elizabeth Harten (born 21 March 1989) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also sits on the board of the

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. In

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she received an for her services to netball. She was also a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the

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and at the 2011, 2015 and

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s. At club level she has played in grand finals for

Galleria Mavericks Saracens Mavericks is an English netball team based at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. They were Superleague champions in ...

, Loughborough Lightning and

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. Harten has captained Loughborough Lightning, Giants and England teams.

Early life, family and education

Harten is originally from Harlow,

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. She is the daughter of Barry and Chris Harten. Her family home is in

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. In her youth she played various sports including

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

and

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

. Her mother, who played for a team in a local league, introduced her to

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. Harten subsequently began playing with a local club, Harlow Tegate Netball Club. Harten graduated from Loughborough University in 2011 with a BA in International Relations. She is currently studying a Graduate Certificate of Business (Sport Management) at

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Playing career

Netball Superleague

;Galleria Mavericks Harten played for

during the

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, helping them reach the

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. In the grand final, Harten scored 15/19 as Mavericks lost 53–45 to Team Bath. ;Loughborough Lightning Between 2007 and 2011, while attending Loughborough University, Harten played for Loughborough Lightning. In the

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, Harten scored 24/30 as Lightning lost 43–39 to her former team,

. In 2009 Harten was appointed Loughborough Lightning captain. In October 2019, Harten guested for Loughborough Lightning in the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship, helping them win the tournament as she scored 58 of their 61 goals as they defeated

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61–35 in the final.

Australia and New Zealand

;Canterbury Tactix During the

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and

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s Harten played for

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. ;Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Between

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and

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Harten played for

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. Between 1999 and 2007, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, Magic have ...

. ;Giants Netball Since

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, Harten has played for the

franchise in the

Suncorp Super Netball Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...

. In her debut season with Giants, Harten helped them reach the grand final but finished on the losing side as Sunshine Coast Lightning defeated Giants 65–48. In the final she scored 20/25. Ahead of the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season, Harten was appointed captain of the Giants team. Harten was the victim of

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via Instagram for a game against the

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that was lost due to a held ball in the last few seconds of the game. "Love me or hate me, I compete hard for 60 mins, but no one deserves this," Harten wrote.

England

Harten made her senior debut for

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on 11 November 2007 against

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during the

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. She was subsequently a member of England teams that won bronze medals at the

and at the 2011 and

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s. She was also a member of the England teams that won the gold medals at the 2011 and

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tournaments. Harten was a prominent member of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the semi-final against

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, she scored a dramatic last-second winner that saw England reach a

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final for the first time. Harten captained England at the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series. She made her 100th senior England appearance against

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on 12 July 2019 during the

. In

she received an for her services to netball. Harten announced her retirement from international netball on 24 April 2023, stating "I cannot give 100 per cent of myself both physically and mentally at this stage". She will continue to play for the Giants.

Personal

Harten is a fan of

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Honours

;

**''Winners'':

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: 1 *

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**''Winners'': 2011,

: 2 **''Runners Up'': 2010,

: 2 *

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**''Runners Up'': 2018 (Sep),

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: 2 ;

**''Runners up'':

: 1 ; Loughborough Lightning *

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**''Runners up'': 2007–08: 1 * British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship **''Winners'': 2019: 1 ;

**''Runners up'': 2006–07: 1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harten, Joanne Living people 1989 births English netball players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in netball 2019 Netball World Cup players Netball Superleague players ANZ Championship players Suncorp Super Netball players Mavericks netball players Loughborough Lightning netball players Mainland Tactix players Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic players Giants Netball players Alumni of Loughborough University Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Harlow English expatriate netball people in New Zealand English expatriate netball people in Australia 2011 World Netball Championships players 2015 Netball World Cup players Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games