Dirkie Chamberlain
Appearance
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Born |
Pretoria, South Africa | 3 November 1986|||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||
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Current club | HGC | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
-present | South Africa | 250 | (130) | |||||||||||
2022-present | South Africa Hockey5 | 10 | (13) | |||||||||||
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Last updated on: 10 August 2024 |
Dirkie Chamberlain (born 3 November 1986) is a South African field hockey player.
International career
[edit]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
[edit]Chamberlain began playing hockey when she was 13.[2] She is openly lesbian.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 – Dirkie Chamberlain Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ 2018 Commonwealth 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 (20 February 2019). "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
[edit]- Dirkie Chamberlain at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the International Hockey Federation
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the European Hockey Federation
- Dirkie Chamberlain at the South African Hockey Association
- Dirkie Chamberlain at England Hockey
- Dirkie Chamberlain at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
- South African female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Pretoria
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Female field hockey forwards
- Holcombe Hockey Club players
- HGC (field hockey) players
- South African expatriate field hockey players
- SV Kampong players
- South African lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT field hockey players
- South African field hockey biography stubs