# Natasha Chokljat

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{{short description|Australian netball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
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 |name    = Natasha Chokljat
 |image   = File:Natasha Chokljat.PNG
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 |updated = 2009-03-12
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 |birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1979|04|27|df=yes}}
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 |height       = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}}
 |school       = [Prospect High School](/source/Prospect_High_School_(Launceston%2C_Tasmania))
 |university   =[Victoria University (Australia)](/source/Victoria_University_(Australia))
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 |positions     = C, WD, WA
 |clubyears3 = 2011
 |clubteam3 = [Southern Steel](/source/Southern_Steel_(netball)) 
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 |clubyears2 = 2008–2010 
 |clubteam2 = [Melbourne Vixens](/source/Melbourne_Vixens) 
 |clubapps2 = 36
 |clubyears1 =  1998-2007
 |clubteam1 = [Melbourne Phoenix](/source/Melbourne_Phoenix)
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 |nationalyears1 = 2003–05, 2006–07
 |nationalteam1 = [Australia](/source/Australia_national_netball_team)
 |nationalcaps1  = 29
 |nationalyears2 = 2009
 |nationalteam2 = World 7
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{{MedalCompetition|[Netball World Championships](/source/Netball_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2003 Kingston](/source/2003_Netball_World_Championships)|[Netball](/source/Netball)}}
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'''Natasha Chokljat''' (born 27 April 1979 in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania)) is a former [Australia](/source/Australia)n netball player. She has played international netball as a member of the [Australian national team](/source/Australia_national_netball_team), and has played in the [ANZ Championship](/source/ANZ_Championship) for the [Melbourne Vixens](/source/Melbourne_Vixens) and the New Zealand side the [Southern Steel](/source/Southern_Steel_(netball)). However, she has not signed for any club since 2012.

She is of [Croatian](/source/Croatian_Australians) and [Serbian](/source/Serbian_Australians) descent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Steel's Aussie settles in |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/4327366/Southern-Steels-Aussie-settles-in |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
Chokljat was first called up to the Australian U21 netball team in 1998. After Australian representative Simone McKinnis retired from the [Melbourne Phoenix](/source/Melbourne_Phoenix) that same year, an opening arose for a talented wing defender to join the Melbourne side in 1999. Chokljat decided to play for [Melbourne Phoenix](/source/Melbourne_Phoenix), which won the [Commonwealth Bank Trophy](/source/Commonwealth_Bank_Trophy) in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. Chokljat played netball for [Melbourne Vixens](/source/Melbourne_Vixens) till the end of the 2010 season in the ANZ Championships. She has signed to play for the [Invercargill](/source/Invercargill) based [Southern Steel](/source/Southern_Steel_(netball)) for the 2011 season, which in turn allowed her rugby playing partner James Lew more rugby opportunities across the Tasman.

Chokljat became a member of the Australian national squad in 2002. She made her international debut against [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_netball_team) and two months later travelled to Jamaica with the Australian team then headed off to Canada to compete in their national singing contest. An accomplished wing defence, Natasha was called upon to fill the unfamiliar centre and wing-attack roles in the national team. Australia received a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. Chokljat retained her spot in the national team until late 2005. However, she was recalled to the Australian team in late 2006. In August 2009, Chokljat captained the [World 7](/source/World_Netball) team, coached by [Julie Fitzgerald](/source/Julie_Fitzgerald), that defeated [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_netball_team) 2–1 in the [2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series](/source/2009_Taini_Jamison_Trophy_Series).<ref name="netballnz240809">{{cite web|url=https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/world-7-48-defeats-silver-ferns-44-in-1st-test|title=World 7, 48 defeats Silver Ferns, 44 in 1st Test|publisher=www.netballnz.co.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124164504/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/world-7-48-defeats-silver-ferns-44-in-1st-test|archive-date=24 November 2021|date=24 August 2009|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.melbournevixens.com.au/extra.asp?ID=3064 2008 Melbourne Vixens profile]. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
*[http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/4327366/Southern-Steels-Aussie-settles-in Southern Steel's Aussie settles in]. Retrieved 2010-10-11

{{Australia squad at the 2003 World Netball Championships}}
{{2009 Melbourne Vixens squad}}

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Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian people of Croatian descent
Category:Melbourne Phoenix players
Category:Melbourne Vixens players
Category:Southern Steel players
Category:ANZ Championship players
Category:Australia international netball players
Category:Netball players from Tasmania
Category:Australian Institute of Sport netball players
Category:Australian expatriate netball people in New Zealand
Category:2003 World Netball Championships players
Category:Australian people of Serbian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania
Category:Victoria University (Australia) alumni

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