Keshia Grant

{{Short description|New Zealand netball player (born 1987)}}

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

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

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|01|11|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Tauranga, New Zealand

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|university = Waikato University

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|positions = WA, C

|clubteam1 = Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

|clubyears1 = 2008

|clubteam2 = Northern Mystics

|clubyears2 = 2009–2011

|clubteam3 = Mainland Tactix

|clubyears3 = 2012–2015

|clubteam4 = Hertfordshire Mavericks

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Keshia Grant (born 11 January 1987 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player.

Biography

Grant played netball in the netball ANZ Championship, for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2008, the Northern Mystics from 2009 to 2011, and the Canterbury/Mainland Tactix from 2012 to 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/anz-championship/news/article.cfm?c_id=512&objectid=10564426&pnum=1|title=Bosses look to build on first season's success|last=Johannsen|first=Dana|date=31 March 2009|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=22 March 2010}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/177-news/netball-nz/my-netball/3945-thayer-and-grant-complete-exciting-tactix-roster.html|title=Thayer and Grant Complete Exciting Tactix Roster|work=Silver Ferns|access-date=2018-07-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/5873944/Pair-complete-Canterbury-Tactix-squad|title=Pair complete Canterbury Tactix squad|last=Richens|first=Matt|date=2011-10-29|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2018-07-26}}

Grant was also a successful javelin thrower in New Zealand{{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana |title=Courting success |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-university/news/article.cfm?o_id=349&objectid=10492508&pnum=0 |date=15 February 2008 |access-date=22 March 2010}} winning the event at the New Zealand Athletics Championships in three consecutive years, 2007 to 2009. Grant was ranked second in the New Zealand all-time rankings in 2010{{cite news |last=McMurran |first=Alistair |title=Hubber shows good form at champs |work=Otago Daily Times |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/94492/athletics-hubber-shows-good-form-champs |date=22 February 2010 |access-date=22 March 2010}} and was still ranked in the top ten in 2019.

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