Ana Noovao

Ana Noovao (1968 to 2026), born Ana Noovao Teinaki, was a New Zealand international netball player of Cook Islands descent who captained the national team. Playing for the College Rifles club in Auckland, she toured Canada with the New Zealand Young International team in 1986 and joined the under-21 side the following year. She played her first game for the Silver Ferns on 26 April 1989, was vice-captain in 1990 when she faced Australia in the demonstration event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and won silver at the 1991 world championships, the first played indoors. In 1992 she became the fifteenth captain of the Silver Ferns, and she played 23 games for New Zealand. She later played for the Cook Islands for two years and coached them to seventh place at the 2007 World Netball Championships in Auckland.