Kayla de Waal

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Kayla de Waal
Women's Semi-final Hockey5s ARG-RSA YOG18 13-10-2018 (085).jpg
Semi-finals of Hockey5s, during the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.
Personal information
Born (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 25)
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Club information
Current club Teddington Hockey Club [1]
Youth career
2018 South Africa U18
Senior career
YearsTeam
2021–2023 Stellenbosch University
–present Western Province
2024–2025 WPCC
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2022 South Africa U21 5 (0)
2022–present South Africa 33 (8)
2018–present South African Indoor 60 (34)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Ismailia
African Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Algiers Team
Last updated on: 9 October 2025

Kayla de Waal (born 11 June 2000) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team. [2]

Contents

International career

Under–18

Retief Ochse and she is South Africa as Biathle is 2017 UIPM Biathle World Championships, Relay Biathle Mix Youth A Under-19 Biathle to rank 4. [3] She as biathle Under-19 to rank 6. [3]

She made South Africa U–18 as the African Youth Games in 2018 [4] and 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [5]

Under–21

Kayla made her debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom. [6]

National team

Kayla participated at the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup [7] [8] [9]

Following her successful debut in the indoor Test is South Africa v. Switzerland. [10] [11]

Personal life

She attended Stellenberg High School before transferring to Herschel Girls School [12] [13] and graduated at the Stellenbosch University. [14] [15]

Awards

Western Province

References

  1. ↑ @teddingtonhockey; (24 July 2025). "Welcome Kayla to THC" – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Kayla de Waal". Princess Hockey SA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 "UIPM 2017 Biathle/Triathle World Championships". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Namibian, The. "Girls hockey team on track for a medal". The Namibian. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Lemke, Gary (7 September 2018). "Final Team SA names for Youth Olympics". TeamSA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "JWC 2022 | SA Junior Women's Squad announced - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Lemke, Gary (10 May 2022). "Experience and youth in SA squad for Hockey World Cup". TeamSA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "SA Hockey Women named for FIH Hockey World Cup - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. ↑ @sahockey_; (3 July 2022). "Congratulations to @jeanleigh_du_toit and @kayla.dewaal who both earned their first caps for @sawhockey. We look forward to your incredible journey going forward!" – via Instagram.
  10. ↑ "2019 Indoor Series RSA v SUI (Women)". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "gsport4girls - Switzerland Series Goes Superbly for South African Indoor Hockey". gsport4girls. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sporting Achievements – Herschel Girls School". Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Girls Hockey Festival a success". News24. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  14. ↑ Paula. "Awards". Stellenbosch University - Maties Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  15. ↑ @matiessport; (20 December 2023). "As a member of the SPAR South African Indoor Hockey Women team, Kayla recently earned her 50th international test cap..." – via Instagram.
  16. ↑ "2022 - Senior Indoor IPT - Women". saha.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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