Dirkie Chamberlain

Dirkie Chamberlain (born 3 November 1986) is a South African field hockey player.

Dirkie Chamberlain
Personal information
Born (1986-11-03) 3 November 1986
Pretoria, South Africa
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing position Forward
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
South Africa 225

The affable player 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]

She began playing hockey when she was 13.[2]

Dirkie currently plays at the Holcombe Hockey Club. In the past, has also played various European leagues; with clubs including Kampong (Dutch Hoofdklasse), Canterbury HC (Investec English Premier League) and Gantoise HC (Belgium Honour Division).

References

  1. Profile
  2. "Glasgow 2014 – Dirkie Chamberlain Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. 2018 Commonwelath Games profile
  4. thedragflick (20 March 2019). "#AbsoluteInspiration: Affable, upbeat & truly world class - Meet Dirkie Chamberlain". TheDragflick™. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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