Samkelo Mvimbi

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Samkelo Mvimbi
Personal information
Born (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 24)
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa [1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club WPCC [2]
Senior career
YearsTeam
?-2021 University of Pretoria
2017-2019 Golden Gate Gladiators
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019- South Africa 19 (1)
Last updated on: 16 March 2022

Samkelo 'Sam' Mvimbi (born 23 January 1999) is a South African field hockey player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]

Contents

Personal life

Mvimbi attended Oakhill High School, [1] and are is graduated from University of Pretoria is BAdmin International Relations. [5]

Honours

Club

Western Province Hockey

  • 2022 Senior IPT Men - A Section - Player of the Tournament [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Samkelo "Sam" Mvimbi off to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021". Bitou Municipality. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. "Western Province Hockey Union - WP Team Announcement 2022". www.wphockey.org.za. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. "Hockey MVIMBI Samkelo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Olympics, here I come!". Knysna-Plett Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. "Sam Mvimbi, Knysna hockey star, makes us proud as he is selected for the South African Men's Hockey Team". George Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. "IPT 2022 | And the champions are… - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 3 September 2022.