Belinda Louise Colling (born 12 September 1975) is a former New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative.

Netball career

As a netballer, Colling represented New Zealand 91 times between 1996 and 2006, playing in the Silver Ferns in three Commonwealth Games and in two Netball World Championships.

Belinda Colling

In National Bank Cup netball, she played first for the Otago Rebels (1998–2000), before moving to the Canterbury Flames in 2001. She played with the Christchurch-based side until initially retiring in 2005, moving to Scotland with husband Charlie Hore for his rugby career.

Belinda Colling

She returned to New Zealand and the National Bank Cup in 2006 and played for the seven time-winning Southern Sting. But later that year she announced her retirement for a second time, expecting the birth of her second child.

Belinda Colling

Basketball career

Colling was a member of the New Zealand women's national basketball team that finished in 11th place at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is New Zealand Olympian number 774.

Personal life

Colling comes from a sporting background. Her uncle, Lin Colling, was a New Zealand rugby representative. He and several of Belinda's other relatives represented Otago Rugby Football Union at provincial level. Her husband is Charlie Hore, a rugby union player for Otago.

References

1975 births

Living people

New Zealand women's basketball players

New Zealand international netball players

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand

Olympic basketball players for New Zealand

Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

People from Cromwell, New Zealand

Commonwealth Games medallists in netball

People educated at Logan Park High School

Netball players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Netball players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Team Northumbria netball players

Netball Superleague players

New Zealand expatriate netball people in England

1999 World Netball Championships players

2003 World Netball Championships players

Southern Sting players

Otago Rebels players

Canterbury Flames players

Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games