What is Kaitlin Howarth?
{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Kaitlin Howarth''' (born 4 June 2000) is a [[New Zealand]] [[water polo player]]. She competed for the [[New Zealand women's national water polo team]] in the [[2019 World Aquatics Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2019/W39hr.pdf|title=18th FINA World Championships 2019 - Women's Water Polo - New Zealand|website=waterpolo.sportresult.com|access-date=2020-06-03|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115064228/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2019/W39hr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She played for [[Rangitoto College]], Murrays Bay Intermediate, North Harbour Water Polo Club, Fresno State University, and Wasserfreunde Spandau 04. == Early life == Born on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand and played water polo for the first time aged 11, in the under-12 division for Murrays Bay Intermediate. Kaitlin represents North Harbour Water Polo Club in the New Zealand National competition. She joined the senior women's team in 2017, who have won 9 national titles since 2003, most recently in 2024. == International career == === 2017 World Aquatics Junior Championships === Kaitlin represented New Zealand at the 2017 World Aquatics Junior Championships in Volos, Greece. The team came 11th after they beat the Serbian Junior team (11-4) in the final playoffs. === 2018 World Aquatics Youth Championships === She was part of the New Zealand team at the 2018 World Aquatics Championships, held in Belgrade, Serbia. New Zealand placed 9th at this tournament, after beating Canada (9-5) in the playoffs. === 2019 World League Intercontinental Cup === In Perth, Australia, the New Zealand women's team, including Kaitlin, came 7th after beating South Africa in the playoffs (11-8). === 2019 World Aquatics Championships === Kaitlin also played in the New Zealand team at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In Gwangju, South Korea, the New Zealand team came 12th after they lost to China in the playoffs