MBANDE Phumelela Luphumlo

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of residence : PRETORIA

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women RSA South Africa	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W02 IRL Ireland 2 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W09 RSA South Africa 1 GBR Great Britain 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W13 NED Netherlands 5 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W23 RSA South Africa 1 GER Germany 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W28 IND India 4 RSA South Africa 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Women	2018	London, GBR

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Ismailia, EGY

Phumz (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019)

Reading, puzzles, watching television, politics. (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Accountant, Administrator, Athlete, Auditor

Accounting - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Languages spoken:

Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu

Northerns Blues [RSA] / Blyde River Bunters [RSA]

Robin van Ginkel [national], RSA

Position style:

Goalkeeper (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019)

She began playing hockey at age 10. (dailymaverick.co.za, Jun 2018)

"I enjoyed being part of the teams I played in and it kept me busy after school. The older I got, the more passionate I got about it." (gc2018.com, 23 Feb 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019)

She trains up to seven times a week. She does gym work up to four times along with two skills and running sessions. (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019)

Being selected to represent the national team. (dailymaverick.co.za, Jun 2018)

US American football player Colin Kaepernick. (newframe.com, 12 Aug 2019)

Her mother and high school hockey coach Marie-Laure Johnson. (SAW Hockey Instagram page, 20 Jun 2019; gc2018.com, 23 Feb 2018)

General Interest

General
PLAYERS' UNION
In August 2018 she co-founded Players for Transformation [PFT] in South Africa, a union of hockey players aiming to improve the level diversity and inclusivity in South African hockey. "I'd been speaking so long about these issues and knew I had to do something. I knew from that moment that I would try and make a real difference." (newframe.com, 12 Aug 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She studied a postgraduate course in the theory of accounting at University of Pretoria in South Africa. (Facebook profile, 06 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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