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{{short description|New Zealand netball player}}
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 |name    = Laura Langman
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 |birth_place = [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], New Zealand
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 |positions     = WD, C, WA
 |clubyears1 = 2003–2012 
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 |clubyears2 =  2013–2015 
 |clubteam2  =  [[Northern Mystics]] 
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{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Netball Championships|2007 Auckland]]|Tournament}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Netball Championships|2011 Singapore]]|Tournament}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 World Netball Championships|2015 Sydney]]|Tournament}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 Netball World Cup|2019 Liverpool]]| Tournament}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Tournament]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Tournament]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Netball at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Tournament]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Netball Series]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 World Netball Series|2009 Manchester (FastNet)]]|Tournament}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Fast5 Netball World Series|2012 Auckland (Fast5)]]|Tournament}}
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'''Laura Robyn Langman''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 16 April 1986) is a retired New Zealand international [[netball]] player, who last played domestic netball for the [[Sunshine Coast Lightning]] in the Australian [[Suncorp Super Netball|Super Netball]] league. Primarily a midcourt player, Langman is a former captain and vice-captain of the [[New Zealand national netball team]] (nicknamed the Silver Ferns). She is the [[Cap (sport)#Netball|most capped]] player in the history of the Silver Ferns, having overtaken [[Irene van Dyk]]'s record of 145 test matches in October 2018.<ref name=146test>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12140419|title=Netball: Silver Ferns suffer another loss to Australian Diamonds in Constellation Cup|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 October 2018}}</ref>

==Early career==
While still a student at [[Hillcrest High School (New Zealand)|Hillcrest High School]] in Hamilton, Langman was selected for the New Zealand U21 team. In 2003, she made her elite netball debut with the [[Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic]] in the [[National Bank Cup]], and later that year was selected for the Silver Ferns.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ash |first=Julie |title=''Up and comers'': Laura Langman, Netball |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3542874 |date=10 January 2004 |access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>

==Silver Ferns==
Langman made her international test debut in 2005 against England.<ref>{{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana |title=Langman still buzzing about debut |publisher=TVNZ |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/479256/2422026/article.html |date=14 March 2005 |access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> That year she captained the New Zealand U21 side to win gold at the World Youth Netball Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ash |first=Julie |title=A day everything clicked |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10338683&pnum=0 |date=2 August 2005 |access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> In the National Bank Cup, Langman won two premierships with the Magic in 2005 and 2006. She was also selected for the Silver Ferns team that won a gold medal at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Silver Ferns squad named for Games |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10357781 |date=30 November 2005 |access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>

The following year she made the Silver Ferns team to contest the [[2007 Netball World Championships]] in Auckland, but almost had to withdraw with a foot injury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Langman ruled fit to take on the world |work=[[The Press]] |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/12009 |date=9 November 2007 |access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> Langman recovered in time for the Championships, in which the Silver Ferns came in second behind Australia. She captained the Ferns several times in 2012, due to [[Casey Williams]] being injured, she also captained the 2012 New Zealand Fast5 team, where she led them to a gold medal against England.

Langman's decision to play for the [[Sunshine Coast Lightning]] in 2017 meant she was, amidst some controversy, not eligible to represent the national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/101096966/laura-langman-unavailable-for-commonwealth-games-no-silver-fern-return-in-sight|title=Laura Langman unavailable for Commonwealth Games, no Silver Fern return in sight|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=1 February 2018}}</ref> After much conjecture, Langman was granted an exemption by Netball New Zealand to play for the Silver Ferns in 2018/19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12107424|title=Netball: Laura Langman and Casey Kopua included in new-look Silver Ferns squad|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=15 August 2018}}</ref> Ahead of the [[2018 Netball Quad Series (September)|September 2018 Quad Series]], Langman was elected by her fellow players and coaches as captain of the Silver Ferns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/107043452/laura-langman-named-captain-of-the-silver-ferns?rm=m|date=13 September 2018|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |title=Laura Langman voted in as Silver Ferns captain}}</ref> She captained the Ferns to the [[2019 Netball World Cup]] championship, in what would be one of her last matches in the black dress before retiring from netball the following year.

==Domestic career==
With the start of the [[ANZ Championship]], Langman remained with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, who finished runners-up in 2008. She was named vice-captain of the Silver Ferns that year, and was elevated to acting co-captain following an injury to [[Julie Seymour]].<ref name="Silver Ferns">{{cite web |title=2011 Silver Ferns profile: Laura Langman |url=http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/player-profiles/laura-langman.html |date=13 June 2011 |access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> Although normally a wing defender, Langman became increasingly shifted into different areas of the midcourt to cover gaps left by injured players or personnel changes.<ref name=DJ2009>{{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana |title=Half-centurion's fantastic journey |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10603444&pnum=0 |date=16 October 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> In 2009, she earned her 50th test cap against England at the age of 23,<ref name=DJ2009/> and won a gold medal with the Silver Ferns at the [[2009 World Netball Series]] in Manchester. The following year she won another gold medal with the Silver Ferns at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi. She was also named captain of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the 2010 ANZ Championship season,<ref>{{cite news |author=ONE Sport |title=Langman to captain Magic |publisher=TVNZ |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/netball-news/langman-captain-magic-3421459 |date=19 March 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> and continued in the role in 2011.The Magic took out the ANZ championship in 2012 beating the Melbourne Vixens. Laura played a very important part in the Magic as captain and playing the centre position with flair. On 19 August 2015, the [[New South Wales Swifts]] announced their acquisition of Langman for the [[2016 ANZ Championship season]].

In 2017, Langman moved to the [[Sunshine Coast Lightning]], a newly created team in the [[Suncorp Super Netball|Australian Super Netball]] league, where she was instrumental in winning the club's first premiership. Langman left the club at the end of the year and announced a break from the sport the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/laura-langman-leaves-sunshine-coast-lightning/3254338/|title=Laura Langman leaves Sunshine Coast Lightning|date=1 November 2017|work=Sunshine Coast Daily}}</ref> She returned to the Lightning for the [[2019 Suncorp Super Netball season|2019 season]] after being granted an exemption by Netball New Zealand to play in a foreign league and represent her country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2018/09/netball-laura-langman-to-rejoin-sunshine-coast-lightning.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904120955/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2018/09/netball-laura-langman-to-rejoin-sunshine-coast-lightning.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2018|title=Netball: Laura Langman to rejoin Sunshine Coast Lightning|work=[[Newshub]]|date=3 September 2018}}</ref> She was named captain of the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sunshinecoastlightning.com.au/new-leadership-team-announced-for-season-3/|title=New leadership team announced for season 3|work=Sunshine Coast Lightning|date=15 April 2019}}</ref> Langman retired from all levels of netball after the Lightning's loss in the [[2020 Suncorp Super Netball season|2020 preliminary final]] loss to the [[West Coast Fever]].<ref name=RetireOctober2020>{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/netball-legend-langman-calls-time-career|title=Netball legend Langman calls time on career|work=Super Netball|date=21 October 2020}}</ref>

In total Langman played more than 225 national league games across four clubs, the [[Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic]], [[Northern Mystics]], [[New South Wales Swifts]] and [[Sunshine Coast Lightning]]. The latter club's head coach, Kylee Byrne, stated "the legacy that [Langman] will leave at our club and the sport in general is monumental, one of netball’s greats has retired".<ref name=RetireOctober2020/>

==Honours and awards==
In the [[2020 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2020 New Year Honours]], Langman was appointed an [[Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to netball.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2020 | title=New Year honours list 2020 |date=31 December 2019 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref> In 2024, she was an inaugural inductee to the [[Netball New Zealand Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/510089/netball-new-zealand-start-hall-of-fame |title=Netball New Zealand start Hall of Fame |date=24 February 2025 |work=[[RNZ News]] |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Langman is a trained Accountant by profession.  She meet husband Adrian Pooley at [[Wintec]] in 2009 when he took Langman for a fitness test.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/silver-fern-laura-langman-3227|title=Silver Fern Laura Langman|date=4 August 2015|publisher=Australian Women's Weekly New Zealand Edition}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531074803/http://www.anz-championship.com/teams/player-profile.asp?pid=74&tid=7 2011 ANZ Championship profile: Laura Langman]
* {{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana |title=''My life in sport:'' Laura Langman |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10566058&pnum=0 |date=10 April 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010}}

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