Phumelela Mbande

Phumelela Hlophe (née Mbande)
Personal information
Born (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 30)
Umtata, South Africa[1]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years Team
2017-2019 Northern Blues
2021-present KZN Coastals
2017-2019 Blyde River Bunters
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 South Africa U21 6 (0)
2013-present South Africa 57 (0)
Medal record
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nairobi
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ismailia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Accra

Phumelela Luphumlo Mbande (born 8 March 1993) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.[2]

International career

She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[3][4]

She captained the South African women's hockey team while she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] On 23 July 2021, Mbande shared the honour of serving as a flag bearer for South Africa, alongside swimmer player Chad le Clos, at the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7][8][9]

Personal life

She studied a Bcom Accounting sciences degree and a post graduate diploma in accounting at the university of Pretoria, graduating in 2016. She qualified as a chartered accountant (South Africa) in 2019 and is an external audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.[10]

In September 2022 she married Malusi Hlophe.

References

  1. ^ "Get Phumelela to Interprovincial Hockey Tournament :: Champion Page". Backabuddy. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ 2018 Commonwelath Games profile
  3. ^ "SA Women's Hockey Squad named for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup". sahockey.co.za. 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details United States". FIH. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Hockey MBANDE Phumelela Luphumlo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ^ Isaacson, David (22 July 2021). "Le Clos, Mbande reunite as flag-bearers at Tokyo opening ceremony after 2010 disaster". The Sowetan. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "Chad le Clos, Phumelela Mbande to carry SA flag at Olympics opening ceremony". News24. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  8. ^ Gleeson, Mark (23 July 2021). "Swimming-More tears for Bert as son Chad carries South African flag". Reuters. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  9. ^ Mohamed, Ashfak (23 July 2021). "Chad le Clos, Phumelela Mbande carry South African flag at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony". Independent Online. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Phumelela Mbande, 29". Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  South Africa
Tokyo 2020
with
Chad le Clos 		Succeeded by
Incumbent