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Born | Rumbek, Sudan (now South Sudan) | 3 January 1997
Education | Loughborough University (Business Administration) |
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Uganda |
Sport | Netball |
Position | Goal shooter |
Mary Cholhok Nuba, also spelled as Mary Cholhock Nuba, who is also simply known either as Mary Cholhok or Mary Nuba (born 3 January 1997) is a South Sudanese born professional Ugandan netball player who plays for Loughborough Lightning in the British Netball Superleague and for the Uganda Netball team as the GS. [1]
She attended St. Mary's High School where she represented it in national School Championships between 2013 and 2016. [2]
In 2017, Mary joined NIC Netball Club. She played for NIC Netball Club from 2017 to 2018. [3]
In December 2018, Mary joined Loughborough University. [4] She made her debut in Loughborough Lightning's first league game against Wasps on 5 January 2019 at the Arena Birmingham. [5] [6]
Mary made her debut for the Uganda national netball team during the World University games which took place in Kampala, she played against United States.She has also represented Uganda in the 2019 Netball World Cup in England. [7] In September 2019, she was included in the Ugandan squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships. [8]
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