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Born | 24 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Central [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2022 | Maties | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | NWU Pukke | ||||||||||||||||
2024– | Central | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2023-present | South Africa U21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022-present | South Africa | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022-present | South Africa Hockey5 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 14 January 2024 |
Kayla Swarts (b. 24 May 2003) [2] is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.
Swarts made her debut for the 2023 Junior Africa Cup in Ismailia [3] and 2023 Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago. [4]
Swarts made her debut for the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia. [5] [6]
She was living with her mother and father, Odessa Swarts (née Krause) [7] and Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein. [8] Her brother, Wayde van Niekerk also is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. [9] [10] [11] [12] She is the cousin of South African World Cup-winning rugby union and rugby sevens player Cheslin Kolbe. [13]
She attended Eunice High School. [14]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | 24 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Central [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2022 | Maties | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | NWU Pukke | ||||||||||||||||
2024– | Central | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2023-present | South Africa U21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022-present | South Africa | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022-present | South Africa Hockey5 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 14 January 2024 |
Kayla Swarts (b. 24 May 2003) [2] is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.
Swarts made her debut for the 2023 Junior Africa Cup in Ismailia [3] and 2023 Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago. [4]
Swarts made her debut for the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia. [5] [6]
She was living with her mother and father, Odessa Swarts (née Krause) [7] and Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein. [8] Her brother, Wayde van Niekerk also is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. [9] [10] [11] [12] She is the cousin of South African World Cup-winning rugby union and rugby sevens player Cheslin Kolbe. [13]
She attended Eunice High School. [14]