Kiana-Che Cormack

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Kiana-Che Cormack
Personal information
Born (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Windhoek, Namibia
Club information
Current club Tuks [1]
Senior career
YearsTeam
2022-present Tuks
2022-present Northern Blues
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2016 Namibia U21 5 (4)
2019-present Namibia 11 (13)
2019-present Indoor Namibia 19 (31)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Women's field hockey
Junior Africa Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Windhoek
Indoor Africa Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Swakopmund
Last updated on: 18 December 2024

Kiana-Che Cormack (born 2 August 2001) is an indoor and field hockey player from Namibia.

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Personal life

She attended St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Durban [2] and University of Pretoria. [3]

International career

Under–18

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

Under–21

Cormack made her debut for the Namibia U–21 in 2022 at the 2016 Junior Africa cup.

National team

Following her successful debut in the indoor at 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup by the experience, scoring a remarkable nine goals in six matches to finish as the tournament's joint-highest scorer, a prize she shared with Ukraine's Yana Vorushylo. [4]

Cormack debut in the field hockey Test is Namibia v. Zambia. [5]

Honours

National

Club/Province

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References

  1. "National & Provincial Representation | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  2. "Interview With Kiana Cormack From St Mary's DSG – Publicity Matters". July 12, 2019.
  3. "National & Provincial Representation | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za.
  4. 1 2 "Kiana-Che Cormack: Namibia's teenage sensation reflects on Youth Olympic Games and Indoor World Cup 2018 | FIH". www.fih.ch.
  5. "2019 Test Matches: NAM v ZAM (W)". International Hockey Federation.
  6. "Personality of the week - Kiana-Che Cormack Hockey ace speaks about her remarkable rise". New Era Publication. 2021-04-22. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22.
  7. "Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018 (Women) - Competition Awards". FIH.
  8. "2023 Indoor IPT - Women A-Section - Competition Awards". SAHA.