Phumelela Mbande

Phumelela Hlophe (née Mbande)

Personal information
Born	(1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 32) Umtata, South Africa [1]
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years	Team
2017-2019	Northern Blues
2021-present	KZN Coastals
2017-2019	Blyde River Bunters
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2013	South Africa U21	6	(0)
2013-present	South Africa	57	(0)
Medal record Africa Cup of Nations 2013 Nairobi 2017 Ismailia 2022 Accra

Phumelela Luphumlo Mbande (born 8 March 1993) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team. ^[2]

International career

She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. ^{[3] [4]}

She captained the South African women's hockey team while she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^[5] On 23 July 2021, Mbande shared the honour of serving as a flag bearer for South Africa, alongside swimmer player Chad le Clos, at the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Personal life

She studied a Bcom Accounting sciences degree and a post graduate diploma in accounting at the university of Pretoria, graduating in 2016. She qualified as a chartered accountant (South Africa) in 2019 and is an external audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. ^[10]

In September 2022, she married Malusi Hlophe.

References

1. "Get Phumelela to Interprovincial Hockey Tournament :: Champion Page". Backabuddy. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
2. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
3. "SA Women's Hockey Squad named for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup". sahockey.co.za. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
4. "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details United States". FIH. p. 14.
5. "Hockey MBANDE Phumelela Luphumlo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
6. Isaacson, David (22 July 2021). "Le Clos, Mbande reunite as flag-bearers at Tokyo opening ceremony after 2010 disaster". The Sowetan . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
7. "Chad le Clos, Phumelela Mbande to carry SA flag at Olympics opening ceremony". News24 . 22 July 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
8. Gleeson, Mark (23 July 2021). "Swimming-More tears for Bert as son Chad carries South African flag". Reuters . Retrieved 12 April 2022.
9. Mohamed, Ashfak (23 July 2021). "Chad le Clos, Phumelela Mbande carry South African flag at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony". Independent Online . Retrieved 12 April 2022.
10. "Phumelela Mbande, 29". Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

External links

• Phumelela Mbande at the International Hockey Federation
• Phumelela Mbande at the South African Hockey Association
• Phumelela Mbande at Olympedia
• Phumelela Mbande at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Olympic Games
Preceded by Connor Wilson	Flagbearer for   South Africa Tokyo 2020 with Chad le Clos	Succeeded by Caitlin Rooskrantz Akani Simbine