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Full name | Bridget Chalera [1] (née Kumwenda) | |||||||||||||
Born | Mzimba, Malawi | 8 September 1991|||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [2] | |||||||||||||
Relatives | (Note 1) | |||||||||||||
Netball career | ||||||||||||||
Playing position(s): WA, C | ||||||||||||||
Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
200x–2012 | Escom Sisters | |||||||||||||
2012– | → Kukoma Diamonds | |||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
201x– | Malawi | |||||||||||||
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Bridget Kumwenda (born 8 September 1991), also referred to as Bridget Chalera or Bridget Kumwenda Chalera, is a Malawi netball international player. She represented Malawi at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kumwenda was also a member of the Malawi team that finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.
Kumwenda was born in Mzimba district, Malawi. She is a Tumbuka by tribe.
At club level Kumwenda played for Escom Sisters. [3] She continued to play for the team when they were renamed Kukoma Diamonds. [1] [4] [5]
Kumwenda represented Malawi at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups [6] [7] [8] and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [1] [9] Kumwenda was also a member of the Malawi team that finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series. [10]