Liana Leota

{{short description|New Zealand netball player}}

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

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

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|name = Liana Leota

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|updated = 13 June 2011

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|maidenname = Barrett-Chase

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|31|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Taihape, New Zealand

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|spouse = Johnny Leota

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|positions = C, WA

|clubyears1 = 2003–05

|clubteam1 = Western Flyers

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|clubyears2 = 2006

|clubteam2 = Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic

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|clubyears3 = 2007

|clubteam3 = Southern Sting

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|clubyears4 = 2008–2011

|clubteam4 = Southern Steel

|clubapps4 = 41

|clubyears5 = 2012-2015

|clubteam5 = Central Pulse

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|clubyears6 = 2016

|clubteam6 = Manchester Thunder

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|nationalyears1 = 2003–2004

|nationalteam1 = New Zealand U21

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|nationalyears2 = 2005

|nationalteam2 = New Zealand A

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|nationalyears3 = 2008–2015

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|nationalcaps3 = 22

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|Netball}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Netball}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Netball Series}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Manchester|Fastnet}}

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Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague.

Leota was a member of the Southern Sting in 2007, which won the National Bank Cup that year. She also played for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2006 and the Western Flyers from 2003–2005. She continued playing in Invercargill with the Southern Steel in the new ANZ Championship, which started in 2008. That same year, Leota debuted in the Silver Ferns against Australia.{{cite web |title=2010 Silver Ferns profile |url=http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/player-profiles/liana-barrett-chase.html |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015060346/http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/player-profiles/liana-barrett-chase.html# |archive-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Since her debut, she has cemented her position in the Silver Ferns' midcourt.{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Brendon |title=Barrett-Chase set to anchor Steel midcourt |newspaper=The Southland Times |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/3402067/Barrett-Chase-set-to-anchor-Steel-midcourt |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=13 March 2010}} For the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Leota received the Most valuable Player award.{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Barrett-Chase named Trans-Tasman MVP |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/3898592/Barrett-Chase-named-Trans-Tasman-MVP |date=8 July 2010 |access-date=8 July 2010}}

Leota and Wendy Frew were named as co-captains of the Southern Steel for 2011.

{{cite web | author=Southern Steel | title=Steel names co-captains for 2011 | url=http://www.southernsteel.co.nz/captain-2011-southern-steel-netball__I.13316__N.722 | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=18 January 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She signed for Netball Superleague side Manchester Thunder for the 2016 Season on 27 October 2015.{{cite web | author=Manchester Thunder | title=Thunder sign New Zealand International Liana Leota | url=http://www.manchesterthunder.com/press-releases/thunder-sign-new-zealand-international-liana-leota | date=27 October 2015 | access-date=5 December 2015}} Following a championship winning season with Thunder, Leota signed for Severn Stars in September 2019 {{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/11806870/severn-stars-make-sensational-swoop-for-liana-leota-from-manchester-thunder|title=Severn Stars make sensational swoop for Liana Leota from Manchester Thunder|website=Sky Sports|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}

She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto descent.{{cite news |first= Oriini |last= Tipene-Leach |date= 31 July 2014 |title= Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/day-7-update-our-m-ori-athletes-in-glasgow-6042437 |publisher= Television New Zealand |access-date= 3 August 2014}}