Rhonda John-Davis (born 28 November 1978) is a Trinidadian veteran netball player, basketball player, lecturer and the captain of the

Trinidad and Tobago national netball team The Trinidad and Tobago national netball team, known as the Calypso Girls, represent Trinidad and Tobago in international netball. The Caribbean team competed at the first World Netball Championships in 1963, and are the only nation outside of A ...

. In netball, she plays in the positions of goal attack, wing attack or center. She has over 150 international caps for Trinidad and Tobago in a career spanning over 20 years. In 2021, she was erroneously listed by

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as one of the members of the 2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team.

Career

She holds the unique records for featuring in most number of

Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New ...

tournaments as well as featuring in most consecutive World Cup tournaments (6) by any player. She is also the first and only player in the world to play in 6 World Cup tournaments. Rhonda achieved this milestone at the age of 40 after captaining the national side during the

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where the team finished at ninth position. Rhonda made her World Cup debut for Trinidad and Tobago as a 21 year old at the

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, where the team finished at ninth position. She also represented

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tobago competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. With the exception of the athletics squad, which was to be announced at a later date, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee revea ...

. In addition to netball, she is a basketball player who plays in the

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position.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:John-Davis, Rhonda 1978 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago netball players Trinidad and Tobago basketball players Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Guards (basketball) Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Sportspeople from Port of Spain 2019 Netball World Cup players