Simone Nalatu

Simone Nalatu

Personal information
Born	Simone Taraivosa Nalatu (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Public health administrator
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
University	Griffith University
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WD Years Club team(s) Apps 2008 Queensland Fusion 2005–07 Queensland Firebirds Years National team(s) Caps 2006–07 Fiji
Updated on 15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)

Simone Taraivosa Nalatu (born 21 March 1980 in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia) is a Fijian Australian netball player.

Biography

Born in Redcliffe, Queensland, Nalatu's parents also represented Fiji in sports, with her father, Kini, a member of the Fiji national rugby union team and her mother, Faith, a member of the Fiji women's national field hockey team. Naltu commenced competing, aged eight years; and was a member of the Fijian national team that played at the 2007 Netball World Championships.

Nalatu studied at Griffith University and completed her PhD in 2012, studying the physical activity patterns of Aboriginal mothers and the factors that influence participation.

She also played for the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2004–07. In 2008 and 2009 Nalatu was selected for the Queensland Fusion in the inaugural Australian Netball League where she captained the side. Nalatu plays for the Suncoast Lynx in the Holden Cruze Cup (the Queensland State League).