Adelaide Muskwe

Adelaide Thandeke Muskwe (born 21 August 1998) is a Zimbabwean netball player who represents Zimbabwe internationally and plays in the positions of goal defense and wing defense.[1][2]

Adelaide Muskwe
Personal information
Full name Adelaide Thandeke Muskwe
Born (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998
Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Occupation netball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal defense, wing defense

Life

Muske and her twin brother Admiral were born in 1998 at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe.[3] They moved to the United Kingdom when they were three.[4] Her talents led to her attending Ratcliffe College near Loughborough where she trained with the elite netball team Loughborough Lightning and trained also at UK national camps.[5] Adelaide is a Nottingham Trent University graduate in Sports Science and she has signed for the Severn Stars netball team in 2019[4] who are based in Worcester.

She was a member of the Zimbabwean squad which finished at eighth position during the 2019 Netball World Cup, which was historically Zimbabwe's first ever appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament.[6]

References
  1. "Adelaide Muskwe". Netball World Cup. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. "Adelaide Muskwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. Gwaze, Veronica. "Muskwe finds home in Gems camp". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. "Heart-broken Zim looks to netball for salvation…Muskwe tipped to shine". NewZimbabwe.com. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. "GO GOLD Profiles". www.lrsport.org. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  6. "Zimbabwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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