Perpetua Siyachitema

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Perpetua Siyachitema
Personal information
Born (1983-05-15) 15 May 1983 (age 36)
Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Occupation netball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal attack

Perpetua Siyachitema (born 15 May 1983) is a former Zimbabwean veteran netball player and captain of the Zimbabwe national team. [1] [2] She had played for Zimbabwe in international arena for 15 years and announced her retirement post the 2019 Netball World Cup. [3] On 25 July 2019, she announced her retirement from international netball at the age of 36 to pursue her coaching career. [4] She is known for her efforts to help Zimbabwe qualify at the Netball World Cup for the first time in 2019. [5]

Career

Perpetua started playing the sport of netball from sixteen years of age and made her international debut for Zimbabwe at the age of 19. She had been a regular permanent member of the Zimbabwean team for nearly fifteen years since her debut and led the side since 2011. [4]

Under her captaincy, Zimbabwe qualified to participate at the 2019 Netball World Cup along with fellow African team Uganda. This was the first occasion where Zimbabwe secured a spot at a Netball World Cup tournament. [3] [6] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, Zimbabwe started its tournament on a winning note defeating Sri Lanka and finished the tournament on eighth position. Following the remarkable feat, Perpetua bid farewell to her netball career after playing nearly for 20 years. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Perpetua Siyachitema". Netball World Cup. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Perpetua Siyachitema". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. 1 2 "World Cup hurrah for Perpetua captain". The Standard. 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. 1 2 3 "Gems captain quits". Nehanda Radio. 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  5. ↑ "Zimbabwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ↑ "Zimbabwe squad" . Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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