| Date of birth | 11 November 1994 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||
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Marlize de Bruin (born 11 November 1994) is a South African women's rugby sevens and netball player.
| Date of birth | 11 November 1994 | ||||||||||
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||
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Marlize de Bruin (born 11 November 1994) is a South African women's rugby sevens and netball player.
Marlize is also a netball player. She captained Gauteng Jaguars and helped them win Telkom Netball League titles. [1]
De Bruin represented South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [2] [3] She was named in the Springbok women's sevens side for the 2023 Dubai Women's Sevens. [4]
She was a member of the South African team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [5] [6]
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