Katie Ritchie

{{Short description|New Zealand netball player}}

{{For|the former Home and Away actress|Kate Ritchie}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}

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|birth_place = Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

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|university = Lincoln University

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|clubyears1 = 1999–2001

|clubteam1 = Canterbury Flames

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|clubyears2 = 2002

|clubteam2 = Otago Rebels

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|clubyears3 = 2003

|clubteam3 = Capital Shakers

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|clubyears4 = 2004–05

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Katie Ritchie is a retired netball player as well as international rower and triathlete from New Zealand.

Ritchie played for the Canterbury Flames in the Coca-Cola Cup (later the National Bank Cup), starting from 1999.{{cite news |title=Ritchie in fine form |work=The Press |page=36 |date=7 May 2001}} She transferred to the Otago Rebels after 2001,{{cite news |title=Flames no more |work=The Press |page=37 |date=7 November 2001}} and made the New Zealand A side in 2002.{{cite news |last=Ash |first=Julie |title=Mum's the word for Silver Ferns |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=888277 |date=4 February 2002 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} The following year Ritchie transferred to Wellington-based Capital Shakers.{{cite news |last=Bidwell |first=Peter |date=3 November 2003 |title=Busy summer for Shakers shooter |work=The Dominion Post |page=D5}} She also received a callup to trial for the Silver Ferns to contest the 2003 Netball World Championships in Jamaica.{{cite news |last=Dunbar |first=Tim |title=Rebel steps up for shot at Silver Ferns |work=The Press |page=C13 |date=17 April 2003}} Ritchie transferred back to the Otago Rebels the following year, playing with the Lois Muir-coached side in 2004 and 2005.{{cite news |last=Worsely |first=David |title=Teams battle over players |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3605674 |date=31 October 2004 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} She returned to the Shakers in 2006, but was forced to pull out before the start of the season with a recurring foot injury.{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Jane |date=21 April 2006 |title=Netball injuries stacking up |work=The Press |page=23}}

Ritchie has also competed at international rowing events and more recently triathlon. She competed at the 1997 World Junior Rowing Championships, where she made the final of the women's coxless fours, finishing sixth. She was chosen for the New Zealand women's development coxless four for the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan, but opted to focus on netball instead.{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Shooter aiming for double celebration |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3452267 |date=2 May 2003 |accessdate=15 May 2010}}