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| Born |
3 November 1986 Pretoria, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||
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| Current club | HGC | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| -present | South Africa | 225 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-present | South Africa Hockey5 | 4 | (5) | |||||||||||
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Dirkie Chamberlain (born 3 November 1986) is a South African field hockey player.
International career
Chamberlain is a 1x Olympian, played 4 World Cups, 3 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with the South Africa women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament.[1] She has also competed at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2][3] and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Chamberlain currently plays at the HGC.[5][6] In the past, has also played various European leagues; with clubs including Holcombe Hockey Club,[7] Kampong (Dutch Hoofdklasse),[8] Canterbury HC (Investec English Premier League)[9] and Gantoise HC (Belgium Honour Division).
Personal life
Chamberlain began playing hockey when she was 13.[2] She is openly lesbian.[10]
References
- ↑ "Profile". Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Glasgow 2014 – Dirkie Chamberlain Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ 2018 Commonwelath Games profile
- ↑ thedragflick (20 March 2019). "#AbsoluteInspiration: Affable, upbeat & truly world class - Meet Dirkie Chamberlain". TheDragflick™. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ↑ @dirkiechamberlain (25 May 2022). "Another season through with the crew in light blue" – via Instagram.
- ↑ hockeystyle-admin. "Dirkie Chamberlain; the legend from SA – HockeyStyle" (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ↑ clubbuzz. "Ladies drop out of top four after Holcombe defeat – Beeston Hockey Club". Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ "Dirkie Chamberlain; the legend from SA – HockeyStyle" (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ "European Hockey Federation: Altiusrt". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ Outsports (3 April 2018). "13 out LGBT athletes compete in Commonwealth Games". Outsports. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
External links
- Dirkie Chamberlain at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the International Hockey Federation
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the South African Hockey Association
- Dirkie Chamberlain at Olympics.com
- Dirkie Chamberlain at Olympedia
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the England Hockey
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the European Hockey Federation
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