Tsoanelo Pholo

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Tsoanelo Pholo
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huddle South Africa Girl- ARG-RSA 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (1982-12-13) 13 December 1982 (age 42)
Maseru, Lesotho
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2004-2006 South Africa 9 (1)
2007 Indoor South Africa 6 (1)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
- present Hong Kong Women's [1]
- present Hong Kong Bauhinia
2019-2024 University of Johannesburg
2022-2024 Southern Gauteng Junior
2018 South African Junior
2017 Madikwe Rangers [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Abuja Team
Champions Challenge
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Virginia Beach Team
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Pretoria

Tsoanelo Pholo (born 13 December 1982 in Johannesburg) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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She was born in Maseru, Lesotho and later moved to Johannesburg where she still resides. and she is nicknamed Coach. Pholo played for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng. She was recruited to represent South Africa in the touch rugby World Cup in 1999. She also played soccer. After her retirement from playing international hockey, Pholo pursued her coaching ambitions.

Coach Pholo is an FIH (International Hockey Federation) Level 4 Accredited Field Hockey coach & FIH Coach Educator. She is head coach of the women's 1st team at the University of Johannesburg, head coach of the Southern Gauteng provincial Junior (Under 21) team, and she coached the South African team which won the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria and were semi-finalists at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She is the striker coach for the South Africa men's national field hockey team.

International senior tournaments

References

  1. ↑ Pillay, Alicia (26 March 2025). "Coach Tsoanelo Pholo's People Passion Fuels her Journey as an International Leader in Women's Hockey". gsport4girls. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Etheridge, Mark (6 November 2017). "Premier Hockey League coaches do battle for players". TeamSA. Retrieved 17 February 2022.


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